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Oliver Contreras/The Washington Post via AP, Pool WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly determine whether a pesticide linked to brain damage in children should be banned, saying the agency had delayed acting on the widely used bug-killer chlorpyrifos for nearly 14 years. In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to act on a possible ban within 60 days. The EPA has spent more than a decade assembling a record of chlorpyrifos s ill effects, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff wrote. Yet, rather than ban the pesticide or reduce the tolerances to levels that the EPA can find are reasonably certain to cause no harm, the EPA has sought to evade, through one delaying tactic after another, its plain statutory duties. ....
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal appeals court on April 29 ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to quickly determine whether a pesticide linked to brain damage in children should be banned, saying the agency had delayed acting on the widely used bug-killer chlorpyrifos for nearly 14 years. In a 2-1 decision, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to act on a possible ban within 60 days. The EPA has spent more than a decade assembling a record of chlorpyrifos s ill effects, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff wrote. Yet, rather than ban the pesticide or reduce the tolerances to levels that the EPA can find are reasonably certain to cause no harm, the EPA has sought to evade, through one delaying tactic after another, its plain statutory duties. ....
NationofChange Federal Appeals Court orders EPA to ban toxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos “This ruling is a huge victory for children and communities across the country who will finally be spared by needless poisonings and lifelong learning disabilities.” Yesterday, the 9th Circuit of Court Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban all food uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos which is a huge victory for farmers and children. The pesticide is linked to memory loss and developmental harm. “This ruling is a huge victory for children and communities across the country who will finally be spared by needless poisonings and lifelong learning disabilities,” says Earthjustice. ....
Agriculture your username April 30, 2021 The Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should ban or modify tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a pesticide, for uses on food, based on allegations that the chemical is not safe for farm workers and causes developmental harm in children. The 116-page opinion, which included a dissent, followed the request from various organizations, represented by Earthjustice, and several states asking for a review of the EPA approval of the pesticide. “This ruling is a huge victory for children and communities across the country who will finally be spared by needless poisonings and lifelong learning disabilities,” Earthjustice said in a press release. ....