Industry questions US EPA’s chlorpyrifos plan

摘要

The pesticide industry says that the US EPA’s proposal to revoke tolerances for the organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos, is unwarranted and reflects a “worrying shift” in Agency policy toward “an unjustified, unexplained, and more precautionary approach” to pesticide regulation. In scathing comments sent to the EPA, CropLife America (CLA) says that its members are “deeply concerned” about the chlorpyrifos plan and want the EPA to “at its earliest opportunity, confirm that its regulatory process remains grounded in science-based risk assessment”.