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The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming #Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban?
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Chlorpyrifos is so harmful that America banned its use on food.

But a top #EPA official made it clear that the U.S. was not ready to support similar protections for the rest of the world under a treaty that restricts #pollutants that travel the globe.

#Food #FoodSafety #Pollution #News #Imports #Pesticides

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The U.S. Banned Farmers From Using a Brain-Harming Pesticide on Food. Why Has It Slowed a Global Ban?

Chlorpyrifos is so harmful that America banned its use on food. But a top EPA official made it clear that the U.S. was not ready to support similar protections for the rest of the world under a treaty that restricts pollutants that travel the globe.

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Jul 6, 2023 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadGATEKEEPERJul 6, 2023
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4 years of Trump poison was enough. This is why he wants to end the EPA. He is trying to poison children.
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Jul 9, 2023

@ProPublica Immediate guess (without having read the article yet)... are there manufacturers of said chemical in the US?

EDIT (after reading): Yep. As suspected. That quote from Joe DiGangi, pretty much nails it.

Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Jul 9, 2023
@ProPublica I found that quote from the US Representative interesting that she wasn't just representing the EPA, but US interests. So... if not the EPA, then *which* US interests, precisely?