EPA Reaffirms Continued Use of Pesticide Linked to Learning Disabilities
July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs proposed reregistering malathion, an organophosphate pesticide linked to learning disabilities, as it claims in a new risk assessment that the chemical is 100 times less dangerous than it previously thought, even at the same exposure and toxicity levels. The July 16 proposed action relies . . .
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Office of Pesticide Programs proposed reregistering malathion, an organophosphate pesticide linked to learning disabilities, as it claims in a new risk assessment that the chemical is 100 times less dangerous than it previously thought, even at the same exposure and toxicity levels. The July 16 proposed action relies . . .