chlorpyrifos; trichlorpyrphos (Dursban, Lorsban)
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Notes
- banned by EPA during the Obama Administration
- ban repealed by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt early in the Trump Administration, who overrode the recommendation of agency scientists to ban all commercial use of chlorpyrifos
- particular vulnerability of very young children with respect to neurocognitve development a concern not addressed by Mr. Pruit[2]
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References
- ↑ PubChem: 2730
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rauh VA Polluting Developing Brains - EPA Failure on Chlorpyrifos. N Engl J Med 2018; 378:1171-1174 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590550 <Internet> http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1716809