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USA: California prohibits the use of chlorpyrifos pesticides
Updated:
16 Aug, 2019
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August 16, 2019
There is growing evidence that chlorpyrifos pesticides cause serious harm to the health of exposed people, especially for children.
Harvesting fruits in California, USA. Photo: nationalgeographic.com
The state of California in the United States will completely ban chlorpyrifos, which is believed to affect human growth. Farmers who are using the above product will have 15 days to appeal in court before the ban comes into effect.
The ban came after the administration of US President Donald Trump decided to abandon the national ban on a drug ban.
In an Aug. 14 announcement, the Food and Agriculture Agency and the California Plant Protection Administration stated that there is growing evidence that chlorpyrifos pesticides cause serious damage. health of exposed people, especially for children.
The two agencies stressed the fact that harms caused by chlorpyrifos, which affect brain and neurodevelopment, are even more dangerous than previous evidence.
Harvesting fruits in California, USA. Photo: nationalgeographic.com
The state of California in the United States will completely ban chlorpyrifos, which is believed to affect human growth. Farmers who are using the above product will have 15 days to appeal in court before the ban comes into effect.
The ban came after the administration of US President Donald Trump decided to abandon the national ban on a drug ban.
In an Aug. 14 announcement, the Food and Agriculture Agency and the California Plant Protection Administration stated that there is growing evidence that chlorpyrifos pesticides cause serious damage. health of exposed people, especially for children.
The two agencies stressed the fact that harms caused by chlorpyrifos, which affect brain and neurodevelopment, are even more dangerous than previous evidence.
California state officials said they will set up new working groups to study alternatives to chemicals that are widely used in the state.
In 2017 alone, more than 450 tons of chlorpyrifos were used in California, a 50% decrease from the level of 2005. Since late 2001, chlorpyrifos has almost been banned from household use in all 50 states of the country. America.
In 2015, President Barack Obama's administration then announced a plan to completely ban this pesticide. However, this intention did not come true after President Donald Trump took office. In 2017, the US Environmental Protection Agency reversed its predecessor's decision.
In August, the European Commission announced it would recommend governments to refrain from renewing their use of chlorpyrifos when it expires in January 2020.
The announcement came after the European Food Safety Authority concluded that chlorpyrifos did not meet the criteria for renewal of licenses in the European Union. To date, 8 European countries have banned products containing this toxic chemical.
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