Trump’s EPA Won’t Ban A Pesticide Obama Really Wanted Banished

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President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected environmentalists’ demands to ban a pesticide crucial to U.S. agriculture. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt formally rejected a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos Wednesday evening. During the Obama administration, heavy environmentalist pressure caused the EPA to consider banning chlorpyrifos over concerns that it contaminates drinking water and food. However, the EPA’s own analysis […]

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March 30, 2017 at 01:27AM