chlorpyrifos
noun
chlor·pyr·i·fos
klȯr-ˈpir-ə-fäs 
-ˈpī-rə
: a toxic crystalline organophosphate pesticide C9H11Cl3NO3PS that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests and ticks
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Another example: chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in children and fetuses.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
It was banned from residential use in the United States in 2001, and in 2011, Environmental Protection Agency scientists were unable to find any safe level of exposure to chlorpyrifos.
—Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
Internationally, the fate of chlorpyrifos remains an open question.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 July 2023
Those limits -- and development of replacement pest controls -- have led to a decline in farmers’ use of chlorpyrifos, EPA said.
—John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
Evidence on the pesticide's harm has been clear for more than 20 years, said Emily Marquez, staff scientist at the Pesticide Action Network, a group that has been pushing federal and state regulators to ban chlorpyrifos.
—Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
Expansive research linked chlorpyrifos to brain damage and birth health defects in children.
—Palabra, al, 11 Feb. 2023
In August, the Biden administration banned the use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide, on food crops after research linked exposure to neurological damage in children.
—Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022
During the Trump administration, scientists recommended restricting the use of chlorpyrifos on food and vegetable crops, but this guidance was ignored by then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who said there needed to be additional studies.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 Aug. 2021
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
It was banned from residential use in the United States in 2001, and in 2011, Environmental Protection Agency scientists were unable to find any safe level of exposure to chlorpyrifos.
—Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
Internationally, the fate of chlorpyrifos remains an open question.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 July 2023
Those limits -- and development of replacement pest controls -- have led to a decline in farmers’ use of chlorpyrifos, EPA said.
—John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
Evidence on the pesticide's harm has been clear for more than 20 years, said Emily Marquez, staff scientist at the Pesticide Action Network, a group that has been pushing federal and state regulators to ban chlorpyrifos.
—Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
Expansive research linked chlorpyrifos to brain damage and birth health defects in children.
—Palabra, al, 11 Feb. 2023
In August, the Biden administration banned the use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide, on food crops after research linked exposure to neurological damage in children.
—Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022
During the Trump administration, scientists recommended restricting the use of chlorpyrifos on food and vegetable crops, but this guidance was ignored by then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who said there needed to be additional studies.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 Aug. 2021
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chlorpyrifos
noun
chlor·pyr·i·fos
-ˈpir-ə-fäs, -ˈpī-rə-
: a toxic crystalline organophosphate pesticide C9H11Cl3NO3PS that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests and ticks
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