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 the Member Center to update your monthly giving, view your online giving history, change your subscription preferences, and more Visit the Help Center to find answers to questions about donations and communication preferences 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 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 19, 2023 Clorpirifos, Pesticida Neurotóxico Previamente Prohibido, Nuevamente Permitido en Nuestros Alimentos Se permitirá a Gharda y a la agricultura industrial vender y utilizar clorpirifos para la temporada de cultivo de 2024 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 document November 2, 2023 8th Circuit Chlorpyrifos Decision (Nov 2023) The 8th Circuit's decision vacates the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule that revoked all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, thereby banning the use and presence of the neurotoxic pesticide on the… Press Release March 29, 2023 EPA orders final cancellation of nerve-agent pesticide found in grain Chlorpyrifos-methyl is being phased out, but dozens of similar harmful organophosphate pesticides remain in food document February 25, 2022 EPA Motion to Dismiss (Chlorpyrifos) EPA Motion to Dismiss (Chlorpyrifos) document February 25, 2022 LULAC et al Response for Chlorpyrifos Challenge LULAC et al response to motion for stay document February 25, 2022 Petitioners Reply (Chlorpyrifos) Industry reply in support of stay document February 25, 2022 Industry Complaint, 8th Circuit (Chlorpyrifos) Industry Complaint, 8th Circuit (Chlorpyrifos) In the News: The New York Times August 18, 2021 E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children Press Release: Victory August 18, 2021 EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Finally Children and farmworkers secure long-awaited protections Press Release: Victory August 18, 2021 Agencia de Protección Ambiental Finalmente Prohibirá El Peligroso Pesticida Clorpirifós en Alimentos Los menores y los trabajadores agrÃcolas por fin obtendrán protecciones tan esperadas 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 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. feature August 4, 2021 Maps: Organophosphate Pesticides in the U.S. Visualizing the widespread extent of agricultural pesticide usage for 14 of the most harmful organophosphate pesticides. 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.
