E.P.A. Won’t Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems
What do our Trump supporters say about this? I guess you have to be a fetus to count?
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.
The decision by Andrew R. Wheeler, the E.P.A. administrator, represents a victory for the chemical industry and for farmers who have lobbied to continue using the substance, chlorpyrifos, arguing it is necessary to protect crops.
It was the administration’s second major move this year to roll back or eliminate chemical safety rules. In April, the agency disregarded the advice of its own experts when officials issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos, a known carcinogen. Agency scientists and lawyers had urged the E.P.A. to ban asbestos outright, as do most other industrialized nations.
Oh, asbestos too? I think Dick Cheney had interests in that field. Sounds like the wamp is working overtime while Trump is in office, because they have a friend in him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/...24d98b3df95741bdf9f3®i_id=57116766ing-news
What do our Trump supporters say about this? I guess you have to be a fetus to count?
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a major step to weaken the regulation of toxic chemicals on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would not ban a widely used pesticide that its own experts have linked to serious health problems in children.
The decision by Andrew R. Wheeler, the E.P.A. administrator, represents a victory for the chemical industry and for farmers who have lobbied to continue using the substance, chlorpyrifos, arguing it is necessary to protect crops.
It was the administration’s second major move this year to roll back or eliminate chemical safety rules. In April, the agency disregarded the advice of its own experts when officials issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos, a known carcinogen. Agency scientists and lawyers had urged the E.P.A. to ban asbestos outright, as do most other industrialized nations.
Oh, asbestos too? I think Dick Cheney had interests in that field. Sounds like the wamp is working overtime while Trump is in office, because they have a friend in him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/...24d98b3df95741bdf9f3®i_id=57116766ing-news
