The EPA could ban this toxic pesticide

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By Nathanael JohnsonJul 6, 2015, 4:51 pm269 pts
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to ban one of the most toxic pesticides allowed in the U.S. unless the companies that sell it restrict its use. Environmental groups have been pushing the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos since 2007. And on June 30, in response to an order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…

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