New EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has decided not to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used on produce. That's despite evidence previously compiled by EPA showing it could pose risks to consumers.

EPA declines stricter regulation on pesticide linked to bee die-offs The birds and the bees and the pesticide-covered seeds that kill them.

The EPA, which regulates pesticides in the U.S., defines a pesticide as any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate any pest, ...

The other EPA-banned pesticides (two from Bayer and four from Valent) contain clothianidin, a neonicotinoid that's thought to be slightly more toxic than thiamethoxam. One of Bayer's now-banned ...

The EPA rejected a petition by environmental and public health groups to ban a widely used pesticide that has been linked to neurological damage in children, though a federal court said last year ...

In 2010, Bayer Crop Science, then the sole U.S. distributor of the pesticide, reached an agreement with the EPA to phase out its use because of safety concerns. When the EPA began assessing the ...

EPA takes emergency action to stop use of dangerous pesticide. The pesticide, known as DCPA, is known to harm fetuses and “needs to be removed from the market immediately,” an EPA official said.

The EPA is responsible for regulating pet pesticide products that are “not systemic,” or ones that aren’t supposed to enter the bloodstream, while the FDA regulates “systemic” pet ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday that it is proposing a new slate of protections for 27 species that are most vulnerable to pesticide use.

Imidacloprid, for instance, is one of the most widely used pesticides in the U.S., with farmers applying 891,400 pounds on orchard fruit, cereal grains and other crops from 2014 to 2018, EPA said.