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EPA gives dicamba five more years with additional restrictions

By News Desk on October 30, 2020

Dicamba, the broad-spectrum herbicide first registered for farm use in 1967,  will be back for the 2021 growing season under new label restrictions from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

This past spring, the U.S. Court…
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EU votes against renewing chlorpyrifos approval

By News Desk on December 9, 2019

European officials have voted not to renew the approvals of chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl.

Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl are insecticides to control insect pests on a range of crops. Chlorpyrifos-methyl is also used to treat stored cereal…
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EFSA finds chlorpyrifos does not meet criteria for renewal

By News Desk on August 5, 2019

The pesticide chlorpyrifos could be banned in Europe from next year after the European Food Safety Authority said it does not meet criteria for renewal.

The approval period for the substance expires at the end…
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EPA permits agricultural use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos until at least 2020

By Dan Flynn on July 23, 2019

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…
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New EPA administrator refuses to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos

By News Desk on March 31, 2017

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt earlier this week signed an order denying a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in U.S. agriculture.

Chlorpyrifos was first registered for use in…
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EPA May Ban Insecticide Over Water Quality Issues, Not Food

By News Desk on November 4, 2015

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says there are no risks to humans from exposure to the common insecticide chlorpyrifos from food, but the agency has nonetheless asked for public comment on a proposal to…
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EPA Sued to Ban Neurotoxic Insecticide Use on Crops

By News Desk on September 23, 2014

Last week, the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), asking the court to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can interfere with…
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