It appeared that the EPA was lastly transferring to ban the brain-damaging insecticide often called chlorpyrifos earlier this yr, however on the 11th hour, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt determined to reverse the ban. While the choice happened earlier this spring, current information exhibits that his resolution got here after a gathering with Dow Chemical’s CEO Andrew Liveris. The flip-flop resolution after a gathering with the corporate that manufactures the poisonous insecticide suggests company favoritism and attainable interference somewhat than concern with environmental and well being security, and even scientific reality. There was a prolonged, nearly two-decade historical past of analysis proving the risks of chlorpyrifos to pregnant ladies and kids. It’s not like Pruitt can declare inadequate analysis as a lot because the Trump Administration could wish to chalk up unbiased scientific analysis to “alternative facts.” A present search on PubMed reveals that greater than 4...
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