More than 10 years of court fights rids fields of deadly pesticide

In 2004, Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of farmworker and environmental groups challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to allow the continued use of azinphos-methyl (AZM), a highly toxic insecticide that attacks the nervous system and that EPA found poses unacceptable risks of poisonings to farmworkers. After we won a round in court,…

Toxic chemical AZM to be pulled from the market this month

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconfirmed that all sales of the pesticide azinphos-methyl (AZM) will be banned after September 30, 2012. AZM is a highly neurotoxic insecticide that attacks the human brain and nervous system. However, while AZM can no longer be sold or distributed, stocks purchased prior to that time can be used…

Third amended complaint in case aimed at speeding up the removal of three deadly pesticides.

Current six year phase-out for worst is likely to poison farmworkers

Decision sets a six-year phase out of AZM starting in 2006

Decision leaves pesticide on the market for 6 more years

Lawsuit forces EPA to take action to protect workers

EPA allows continued use despite unacceptable risks to workers