Why Won't the EPA Ban This Extremely Toxic Pesticide?

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By Natural Resources Defense CouncilMay 6, 2017, 9:02 am236 pts
By Nicole Greenfield The pesticide industry and Dow Chemical have a new reason to cheer. The rest of us appear to be stuck with chlorpyrifos on our food, at least for the time being. On March 29, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the EPA would reverse a proposed ban…

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