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The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment. There are no safe uses for chlorpyrifos.

Matt Vespa, Attorney, Clean Energy Program, Earthjustice: “This program is funneling billions of dollars to polluting biofuels that drive deforestation and food insecurity when those dollars could be spent on accelerating deployment of electric vehicles that will improve our air.”

Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, Earthjustice: “With a Trump administration, it’s significantly more likely than in prior transitions that they will simply change their litigation position.”

Weeks after EPA’s emergency suspension, American Vanguard will no longer produce or distribute products containing the harmful pesticide.

Patrice Simms, VP of Litigation, Earthjustice: “This long-overdue action is a game changer in the fight against lead exposure, a silent threat that endangers lives at even the smallest trace.”

Find out what foods have high residues of these pesticide, where they are used, and how we are exposed.

Regulators are failing to protect children from repeat exposure to the most dangerous pesticides

Decision ignores established science and puts children and farmworkers at risk

Exposure to DCPA, or Dacthal, is linked to serious health risks in pregnant farmworkers and developing babies

Naled is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Dichlorvos is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Dicrotophos is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Tribufos is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Chlorpyrifos is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Bensulide is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Malathion is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Diazinon is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.

Phosmet is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States.