You can thank disgraced former Trump EPA chairman Scott Pruitt for today's big victory for American chemical companies. The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday it will not ban chlorpyrifos, aka Lorsban, a widely used commercial pesticide that scientists have connected to developmental disabilities and other serious health problems in kids.
E.p.a. Won't Ban Chlorpyrifos Pesticide That Scientists Say Damages Children's Brains
Xeni Jardin, Boing Boing
Thu, 07/18/2019 - 3:21pm
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