chlorpyrifos

Earlier this week, the Washington Senate passed legislation that would ban chlorpyrifos by January 1st, 2022.  Senate Bill 6518 passed primarily along party lines.  Bill author Senator Christine Rolfes said the legislation will reduce prenatal exposure and reduce harm to children.   Now ...

Corteva announced Thursday it will stop producing chlorpyrifos by the end of the year.  The Chicago-based company said declining sales of the pesticide drove its decision to end production, and continues to stress chlorpyrifos is safe.   The company’s move reflects a shift toward newer products in the $14.5 billion globa...

The EPA announced last week it would not ban chlorpyrifos, although court battles likely are ahead to fight the action.  EPA denied objections to the agency's 2017 order denying a 2007 petition from the Pesticide Action Network North America, and the Natural Resources Defense Council to cancel all registrations for the insecticide.  ...

On Wednesday, California announced a ban of chlorpyrifos use within the state.  The state Environmental Protection Agency chose to ban chlorpyrifos following what it calls mounting evidence that the pesticide “causes serious health effects in children and other sensitive populations at lower levels of exposure than previously understood.”   ...

On Tuesday, lawmakers in Salem will look at companion legislation that would completely ban chlorpyrifos and make all neonicotinoid products Restricted Used.  Jenny Dresler with the Oregon Farm Bureau said banning chlorpyrifos would be extremely harmful to the farming community, especially since Oregon is so heavy in specialty crops.  Sh...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue praised a Department of Justice decision to request a rehearing of a pesticide case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The DOJ has asked for a rehearing in a case in which the court directed the Environmental Protection Agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a common and useful pesticide, within 60 days...

On Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson that the EPA halted a scientific safety review of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.  The court said by stopping that review, the EPA allows the continued use of the pesticide at potentially dangerous levels.  Th...

A U.S. Appeals Court in San Francisco denied a petition from environmental groups to force the EPA to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos.  Reuters said that decision ends one of three parallel attempts to get the ban put in place.  The groups, including Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, wanted the ban in place because they allege the EPA took too long to make a decision on the sa

Last week, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson joined several other states looking to ban the nation’s most widely used insecticide.  Ferguson, and attorneys general from four East Coast states and the District of Columbia filed the suit Wednesday.  In March...

Oregon farmworkers are joining advocates across the nation to petition the EPA, calling on them to ban the use of pesticide called chlorpyrifos.  The feds banned home use of the insecticide in 2000, but have allowed use on farms to treat crops such as apples, nuts and corn, and it is even used on wood fences and golf courses.  Ra...