New Update in the Fight Over Chlorpyrifos Insecticide

This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action for a pesticide.

To help meet endangered species obligations, the government agency is laying the groundwork for ambitious plans to facilitate key review process.

Following recent court ruling, government agency is issuing guidance on what’s to come for controversial pesticide.

Appeals court ruling restores agricultural uses of the controversial crop protection tool.

Environmental, medical, and labor organizations claim the widely used pesticide is linked to learning and intellectual disabilities in children.

Agency seeking input from stakeholders on findings by the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Biological Opinion, which threaten the use of widely used pesticides.

John Duarte admits no liability but will pony up more than $1 million in civil penalties and environmental mitigation fees.

Bifenthrin, a pyrethroid used in battling such pests as spotted wing drosophila, is undergoing EPA scrutiny.

Groups say more time is needed to prepare for compliance.

Rita Abi-Ghanem of Bio Huma Netics, a supplier of agricultural liquid fertilizers and specialty products, will serve on the committee’s Science Advisory Board.

A common theme I see in complaints about the government agency is it appears to be taking action more and more based on ideology and public opinion rather than sound science.

EPA approves new crop registrations in California, Florida, and Pacific Northwest for Luna.

EPA is seeking comments on a recently released proposal to reject tolerances of chlorpyrifos in response to a […]

Some uses will be canceled and uses will be limited on certain crops to reduce drinking water risks.

This broad spectrum fungicide can be used in rotation or in a tank mix.

Interested parties now have until Oct. 20 to comment on EPA’s proposed definition for waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act.

If the new rule stands, the American Farm Bureau Federation says the result will be a wave of new regulation or outright prohibitions on routine farming practices and other land uses.

Majority of the 2012 illegal pesticide residues were on produce imported from other countries and contained very low levels (a fraction of a part per million).