Library Search Expand More Search Options Looking for more? Visit Career Opportunities to join our team at Earthjustice Visit Action Alerts for ways to get involved and take action Visit Our Team to meet Earthjustice's senior leadership and program staff feature April 9, 2024 What You Need To Know About Chlorpyrifos The neurotoxic pesticide harms children and the environment. There are no safe uses for chlorpyrifos. Press Release December 2, 2024 EPA Proposes Limited Ban on Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Proposed rule allows continued use of neurotoxic pesticide on 11 crops, despite links to irreversible harm in children Press Release December 19, 2023 Chlorpyrifos, Previously Banned Neurotoxic Pesticide, Again Allowed on Our Food, Despite Known Harms Gharda and industrial agriculture will be allowed to sell and use chlorpyrifos for the 2024 growing season Press Release November 2, 2023 In Shocking Decision, 8th Circuit Sends Chlorpyrifos Food Use Ban Back to EPA Children will yet again be in harm’s way as EPA reconsiders the food ban Press Release June 25, 2025 EPA Sued for Allowing Nerve-Agent Pesticides on Our Fruit and Vegetables Lawsuit pushes for ban on organophosphates after years of government delay and known harms to children feature August 4, 2021 Chlorpyrifos in the United States: Harmful Health Effects and Widespread Use Chlorpyrifos is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States. Press Release August 4, 2021 EPA Can’t Justify Keeping Chlorpyrifos on Food New report shows pervasive neurotoxic pesticide impacts millions in the United States Press Release: Victory August 18, 2021 EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Finally Children and farmworkers secure long-awaited protections feature August 4, 2021 Organophosphate Pesticides in the United States Find out what foods have high residues of these pesticide, where they are used, and how we are exposed. Update August 18, 2021 The EPA Has Finally Banned the Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos From Food It’s official: There are no safe uses of chlorpyrifos. feature August 4, 2021 Chlorpyrifos-methyl in the United States: Harmful Health Effects and Widespread Use Chlorpyrifos-methyl is one of the most dangerous, widely used organophosphate pesticides that still remain in use in the United States. Press Release August 7, 2019 Over 80 groups urge Gov. Cuomo to sign Senate bill S5343 and ban brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos The legislation will protect children and farmworkers in New York, as Trump’s EPA refuses to act Press Release September 22, 2020 EPA Ignores Evidence Chlorpyrifos Causes Permanent Damage To Children’s Brains Agency fudges the numbers to keep chlorpyrifos in our food Press Release: Victory July 22, 2021 New York Bans Brain-damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos The new state regulation safeguards children, farmworkers, and communities, additionally protects pollinators and our environment Press Release March 5, 2021 Over 100 Organizations Urge Biden to Ban Chlorpyrifos Advocates say the proven brain-harming pesticide has no place on food (or anywhere else) Press Release December 9, 2019 Children’s Health and Environmental Advocates Call on Governor Cuomo to Sign Legislation Banning Chlorpyrifos New York State American Academy of Pediatrics, Learning Disabilities Association of New York, Human Rights Watch, and others urge Governor to take action Press Release February 6, 2020 Largest Chlorpyrifos Producer to Stop Selling the Brain-damaging Pesticide Yet the Trump administration still refuses a ban Press Release February 6, 2019 Wheeler’s EPA Keeps Brain-Damaging Chlorpyrifos In Food, For Now Court rules to rehear chlorpyrifos case
