Source: Dan Flynn, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 7/23/19


The federal Environmental Protect Agency has tossed another petition calling for a ban on the agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos.Two years ago, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt denied requests fo revoke all tolerances or maximum residue levels for food and cancel all chlorpyrifos registrations. EPA is once again allowing farmers to continue using the pesticide in their fields under strict label instructions for its use.

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