Final day: Get this ban right, EPA!

Details: Published on Monday, 04 January 2016 05:45; Written by editor

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Let’s get a full chlorpyrifos ban to the finish line.

Dear Paov,

It took more than 10 years of lawsuits and public pressure, but in late October, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to halt almost all uses of the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos.

This is a huge, long overdue win — and now it’s time to bring a full ban to the finish line.

Sign the petition before EPA's comment period ends tomorrow!

The agency’s current proposal won’t protect children or workers in communities where chlorpyrifos is used on non-food crops like alfalfa and cotton. Applications on fields where genetically engineered seeds are being tested in Hawai'i, California and other states would also continue. This isn’t right.

Tell EPA to take chlorpyrifos completely off the market — for good.

There’s no doubt that this chemical is a problem. Strong, extensive science links chlorpyrifos to serious neurological harm for children, including reduced IQ, loss of working memory and developmental delays.

And we know that Dow AgroSciences — the corporation that manufactures the millions of pounds of chlorpyrifos sprayed on agricultural fields every year — will do everything in its power to stop or weaken a national ban.

Tell EPA to stand up to the pesticide industry! It’s time to get chlorpyrifos banned, once and for all.

Thank you for speaking up!