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E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide

✇NYT > Climate and Environment
Roni Caryn Rabin
After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.

© Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

Mandarin trees in Bakersfield, Calif. The E.P.A. proposal would restrict use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, with exceptions for 11 crops, including fruits commonly consumed by children.

E.P.A. Again Seeks Limits on a Harmful Pesticide

✇NYT > Science
Roni Caryn Rabin
After a court overturned a ban, the agency has proposed restricting chlorpyrifos to 11 food crops, illustrating the limits of federal regulation.

© Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

Mandarin trees in Bakersfield, Calif. The E.P.A. proposal would restrict use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, with exceptions for 11 crops, including fruits commonly consumed by children.
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