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- 09/01/2021 Red Green and Blue: The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food crops, after 14 years of pressure from environmental and labor groups
- 08/28/2021 Florida News Times: Agricultural workers say herbicides increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s dis
- 08/26/2021 Farm Forum: EPA bans pesticide linked to health problems in children
- 08/26/2021 Food Poisoning Bulletin: EPA Is Ending the Use of the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos On Food
- 08/24/2021 Lancaster Farming: Opinion: Children, Farmworkers Secure Long-Awaited Protection
- 08/23/2021 KCBX FM: Beyond the Furrows: Protecting and preventing pesticide exposure among farmworkers
- 08/23/2021 PEW: Scorching Heat Is Killing Workers. Some States Are Stepping In.
- 08/20/2021 KTVU 2: EPA bans use of pesticide chlorpyrifos linked to health problems in kids
- 08/19/2021 The Beet: The EPA Is Banning This Harmful Pesticide. What You Need to Know
- 08/19/2021 Digital Journal: EPA to ban the use of the pesticide Chlorpyrifos on food crops
- 08/19/2021 The Packer: EPA takes action to address risk from chlorpyrifos and protect children’s health
- 08/19/2021 New Atlas: EPA finally bans common food pesticide after years of court battles
- 08/18/2021 The New York Times: E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children
- 08/18/2021 UFW & UFW Foundation: U.S. EPA decision will end 90% of U.S. chlorpyrifos use; does not end risks for non-food uses
- 08/18/2021 News Nation USA: EPA Bans Pesticide Linked to Health Problems in Children
- 08/18/2021 Arkansas Democrat Gazette: EPA bans chlorpyrifos; pesticide linked to health problems in children
- 08/18/2021 CBS News: EPA bans pesticide linked to health problems in children
- 08/18/2021 The Washington Post: Trump let this pesticide stay on the market. Under Biden, EPA is banning its use on food.
- 08/18/2021 KNOE News 8: EPA bans pesticide linked to health problems in children
- 08/04/2021 Earth Justice: EPA Can’t Justify Keeping Chlorpyrifos on Food
- 06/13/2021 WFSU News: Florida Farmworker Association Coordinator Discusses Aldicarb Ruling, Pesticide Use
- 06/09/2021 CBS Miami: Court Blocks Controversial Pesticide
- 06/07/2021 Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Last-Minute Approval of Toxic Pesticide Banned in More Than 100 Countries
- 06/01/2021 Beyond Pesticides: Tell EPA to Protect Farmworkers Now; Hear Directly from Farmworker Community Members
- 06/01/2021 Scientific American: Environment | Opinion Pesticides Are Killing the World’s Soils