EPA Chief Rejects Agency’s Own Science, Won’t Ban Toxic Insecticide In Your Food

‘In a startling move, Scott Pruitt, new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, overrode the agency’s own scientific belief that one of the most widely used insecticides should be banned from agricultural use due to its toxicity. Pruitt announced late on Wednesday that chlorpyrifos would remain on farms, effectively rejecting the EPA’s conclusions of a permanent, nationwide ban.
The EPA was created after the pesticide findings of Rachel Carson reached critical mass. Although the intent was supposedly to protect humans and the environment, the agency is often seen as a taxpayer-paid frontrunner for corporations, taking their word on their products and approving them blindly. ‘
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