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The EPA is banning chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on food crops, after 14 years of pressure from environmental and labor groups

  • Written by Gina Solomon, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
imageChlorpyrifos is widely used on crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, corn and soybeans.AP Photo/John Raoux

On Aug. 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will end use of chlorpyrifos – a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children – on all food products...

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