The Trump administration handed big industry another win.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will allow chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide that’s been linked to learning disabilities in children, to remain on the market for agricultural use.
But former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed course in March 2017, shortly after the Trump administration took office, signing an order to allow for its continued use. The move defied the recommendation of EPA scientists, and Pruitt offered little explanation other than to say the Obama administration relied largely on studies “whose application is novel and uncertain, to reach its conclusions.
In a joint letter to Pruitt in June, the American Academy of Pediatrics and Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit advocacy group, said failing to remove chlorpyrifos from the market “puts all children at risk.”
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