{"id":21018,"date":"2017-08-14T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=21018"},"modified":"2017-08-12T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:46:17","slug":"ask-senators-co-sponsor-bill-ban-chlorpyrifos-neurotoxic-pesticide-harms-children-epa-reversal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2017\/08\/ask-senators-co-sponsor-bill-ban-chlorpyrifos-neurotoxic-pesticide-harms-children-epa-reversal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Your Senators to Co-Sponsor Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos, the Neurotoxic Pesticide that Harms Children\u2014After EPA Reversal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, August 14, 2017)\u00a0<strong>Ask your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor legislation to ban the neurotoxic insecticide <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeyondpesticides.org%2Fresources%2Fpesticide-gateway%3Fpesticideid%3D17\">chlorpyrifos<\/a> <\/strong>after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed the previous administration\u2019s proposal to discont<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20937\" src=\"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/images-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/>inue its food uses. [The bill is currently co-sponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).]<\/p>\n<p>With EPA\u2019s own <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fingredients-used-pesticide-products%2Frevised-human-health-risk-assessment-chlorpyrifos\">assessment<\/a> that the chemical is too toxic to children, it is time for Congress to intervene to get this highly toxic pesticide off the market.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed a\u00a02015 <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=4&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeyondpesticides.org%2Fdailynewsblog%2F2015%2F11%2Fepa-takes-long-awaited-action-to-eliminate-neurotoxic-chlorpyrifos-in-agriculture%2F\">proposal <\/a>to revoke food residue tolerances of chlorpyrifos. A revocation of chlorpyrifos tolerances would have effectively banned the chemical from use in agriculture.\u00a0Instead, Administrator Pruitt\u2019s decision indicated the agency will continue to study chlorpyrifos and would not take any action until 2022.<\/p>\n<p>EPA\u2019s\u00a0assessment, which incorporates recommendations from a 2016 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP), finds that children exposed to high levels of chlorpyrifos have developmental delays, attention problems, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder problems, and pervasive developmental disorders. The SAP agreed with EPA that there is an association between chlorpyrifos prenatal exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. In 2016, EPA concluded that there is \u201csufficient evidence\u201d that there are neurodevelopmental effects at low levels, and that current approaches for evaluating chlorpyrifos\u2019s neurological impact are \u201cnot sufficiently health protective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epidemiological data also points to subpopulations that are disproportionately affected by chlorpyrifos exposures. Low-income African-American and Latino families, including farmworker families, continue to suffer the most, and this disproportionate impact creates an environmental justice problem that the agency cannot continue to ignore.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Faction.beyondpesticides.org%2Fp%2Fdia%2Faction4%2Fcommon%2Fpublic%2F%3Faction_KEY%3D25216\">&gt;&gt;&gt;Urge Your Senators to Co-Sponsor Bill that Bans Chlorpyrifos<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) <a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=6&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsenatortomudall%2Fvideos%2F10155369051702870%2F\">introduced<\/a> the bill to ban the use of chlorpyrifos. The bill, \u201cProtect Children,\u00a0Farmers and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=7&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.congress.gov%2Fbill%2F115th-congress%2Fsenate-bill%2F1624%2Fcommittees%3Fq%3D%257B%2522search%2522%253A%255B%25221624%2522%255D%257D%26r%3D4\">S. 1624<\/a>, amends the U.S. Federal\u00a0Food,\u00a0Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that oversees pesticide food exposures to prohibit all chlorpyrifos use. In addition, the bill directs EPA to partner with the National Research Council to assess the neurodevelopmental and other low-dose effects of exposure to organophosphate pesticides to agricultural workers and children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congress must act because Administrator Pruitt has shown that he won\u2019t. There is no question chlorpyrifos needs to come off the market. The science linking chlorpyrifos to brain damage and neurodevelopmental disorders in children is undeniable. The EPA&#8217;s own scientists have established that chlorpyrifos on food and in groundwater is a threat to public health and should be banned,&#8221; Senator Udall said. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/org2.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?key=-1&amp;url_num=8&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Faction.beyondpesticides.org%2Fp%2Fdia%2Faction4%2Fcommon%2Fpublic%2F%3Faction_KEY%3D25216\">&gt;&gt;&gt;Tell your Senators to co-sponsor\u00a0Bill S.1624<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, August 14, 2017)\u00a0Ask your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor legislation to ban the neurotoxic insecticide chlorpyrifos after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed the previous administration\u2019s proposal to discontinue its food uses. [The bill is currently co-sponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).] With EPA\u2019s own assessment that the chemical is too toxic to children, it is time for Congress to intervene to get this highly toxic pesticide off the market. In March 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reversed a\u00a02015 proposal to revoke food residue tolerances of chlorpyrifos. A revocation of chlorpyrifos tolerances would have effectively banned the chemical from use in agriculture.\u00a0Instead, Administrator Pruitt\u2019s decision indicated the agency will continue to study chlorpyrifos and would not take any action until 2022. EPA\u2019s\u00a0assessment, which incorporates recommendations from a 2016 Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP), finds that children exposed to high levels of chlorpyrifos have developmental delays, attention problems, attention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder problems, and pervasive developmental disorders. The SAP agreed with EPA that there is an association between chlorpyrifos prenatal exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children. 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