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More Prop. 65 listings * EPA dicamba decision likely today

CalEPA’s environmental health office may require products containing chlorpyrifos and methyl bromide to carry cancer warning labels under Prop. 65.

The Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision allowing the continued use of chlorpyrifos has emboldened critics of the California Environmental Protection Agency's May proposal to cancel the insecticide's registration.

A pest control advisor worries ag will be vulnerable if the state pushes growers toward organic.

Brian Leahy spoke about activist scientists ruling on chlorpyrifos, the disconnect when pesticides are seen as evil and removing products without funding research to replace them.

The complexity over what should be labeled under California’s Proposition 65 has created confusion among agricultural equipment manufacturers as well as a heightened fear of “bounty hunters” prowling for lawsuits.