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EPA restoring crop uses for chlorpyrifos following court ruling

12/19/23 6:13 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS 8th Circuit Court of Appeals 9th Circuit Court of Appeals chlorpyrifos crop protection chemicals Environmental Protection Agency farm chemicals farmworker safety food tolerances

The Environmental Protection Agency says it will allow farmers to resume using chlorpyrifos insecticide on 11 crops in response to an appeals court ruling last month that the agency failed to adequately consider the safety of those uses.

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