EPA Receives Conflicting Comments On Draft Chlorpyrifos Assessment

摘要

Environmentalists and industry are criticizing competing aspects of EPA's draft revised risk assessment for chlorpyrifos, with advocates arguing the review fails to adequately address the substance's neuro-developmental risks and pesticide producers faulting the agency's reliance on an epidemiological study while lacking the underlying data. EPA took comment through April 30 on its draft revised human health risk assessment of chlorpyrifos, a review the agency has used to provisionally deny advocates' long-standing petition to ban the pesticide, though EPA has said it may reconsider the denial should public comments yield new information. Whether the agency will be persuaded to reverse its position on advocates' push for a ban remains to be seen, though environmentalists and industry are both faulting aspects of the review.