Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014. California state pesticide regulators are looking to curtail the use of chlorpyrifos, one of the most widely used insecticides on the market, due to concerns that it poses a threat to human health and the environment. At the same time, environmental groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of the agencyâs continued refusal to fully address a 2007 petition by the groups calling for a ban on the neurotoxic chemical. EPA in 2000 orchestrated a voluntary cancellation by DowAgroSciences of most residential uses of chlorpyrifos (although uses with major exposure routes continue), while virtually all agricultural uses remain in use, except tomatoes.
