US aims to reinstate chlorpyrifos insecticide ban
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Rebecca Trager2024-12-04T13:00:00
2021 ban on remaining food uses was overturned on appeal in 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to ban most food uses of the organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos. Back in August 2021, the agency had finalised a ban on chlorpyrifos in all food crops, but a federal appeals court reversed that decision in November 2023. The EPA’s latest action exempts 11 food crops from the ban.