Agri-Pulse reports:
Conforming with a federal appeals court decision from last year, EPA is proposing to revoke all food tolerances for chlorpyrifos except those associated with its use on 11 food and feed crops. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled the agency should have considered not revoking all tolerances when it responded to a different appeals court’s order to decide on a petition filed by farmworkers and environmental groups.
“Based on the available data, retaining only the 11 food uses could decrease average annual pounds of chlorpyrifos applied in the U.S. by 70% as compared to historical usage,” EPA said in a news release.
The 11 food and feed crops on which chlorpyrifos can be applied are alfalfa, apples, sugar beets, soybeans, strawberries, spring and winter wheat, asparagus, tart cherry, citrus, cotton and peach.
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