A federal court also has ordered the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos, but the Trump administration has appealed the ruling.
California on Wednesday announced plans to ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies. The state’s Department of Pesticide Regulation issued temporary guidelines too ban chlorpyrifos from crop dusting and discontinue its use on most crops.
Environmental groups were quick to praise California’s decision, calling it a major win for public health that would help protect children and farmworkers, as well as wildlife affected by the pesticide. “This proposal disregards a robust database of more than 4,000 studies and reports examining the product in terms of health, safety and the environment,” company spokesman Gregg Schmidt said in an email, adding, “We are evaluating all options to challenge this proposal.”
“It is groundbreaking,” she said of California’s move. “The states can chip away at this, and California’s a big part of the puzzle. Ultimately, though, we are going to need that federal ban to ensure protection for everybody.” Facing that time crunch, then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt decided to scrap the proposed ban, saying he wanted to provide “regulatory certainty” to farms that relied on the pesticide. He also noted that the Agriculture Department had raised concerns about the methodology EPA scientists had used in determining that chlorpyrifos posed serious health risks.
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