US: Environmental Protection Agency gives endosulfan the axe

摘要

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will terminate all uses of endosulfan (endosulphan in Europe) after determining the risks the organochlorine insecticide poses to farm workers are greater than previously determined in the agency's 2002 re-registration decision.rn"While EPA implemented various restrictions in a 2002 re-registration decision, EPA's phase-out is based on new data and scientific peer review, which have improved EPA's assessment of the ecological and worker risks from endosulfan," the agency said.