"Fed Rule Would Ban Widely Used Nerve-Agent Pesticide"

"Federal regulators on Friday proposed a zero-tolerance policy for food-borne residues of a pesticide widely used on edible crops nationwide, effectively ending its application to more than a dozen crops, including tree nuts, soybeans, corn, wheat, apples and citrus.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it no longer could be confident that combined exposure from food and drinking water was safe for the public.

The action came after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals chided the agency in August for what it called an "egregious" delay in reviewing the safety of chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to nervous system damage in humans."

Geoffrey Mohan reports for the Lost Angeles Times October 30, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"EPA Proposes Ban on Chlorpyrifos" (Agri-Pulse)

"Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Food Residue Tolerances" (AgNet West)