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tecelote

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Thu Aug 9, 2018, 03:56 PM Aug 2018

Court Orders EPA To Ban Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids

Pediatricians warned that keeping it on the market put “all children at risk.”

A federal court on Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used pesticide that’s been linked to learning disabilities in children and that former agency chief Scott Pruitt refused to take off the market.



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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-ban-pesticide-chlorpyrifos_us_5b6c6d0ce4b0ae32af96318e


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Court Orders EPA To Ban Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids (Original Post) tecelote Aug 2018 OP
Pruitt and Trump would probably have wanted to... 3catwoman3 Aug 2018 #1
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