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These pesticides are highly toxic to birds, but are commonly used on crops throughout Latin America where many species of U.S. migratory birds spend the winter months.  In addition to the environmental risks to birds, several of these chemicals also pose a risk to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=986\">agricultural workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing residues of these hazardous pesticides on imported food gives tacit U.S. approval to foreign countries to use chemicals that are known to be deadly to U.S. migratory birds,\u201d said Dr. Michael Fry, American Bird Conservancy\u2019s Director of Conservation Advocacy.  \u201cEPA has an obligation under Executive Order 13186, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Endangered Species Act to ensure that migratory birds are not harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Latin American countries that currently use these pesticides export coffee, bananas, citrus crops, and other fruits and vegetables to the United States.  Agricultural areas \u2014 in particular shade coffee farms \u2014 provide valuable habitat for migratory birds, and so pesticide use in these areas can pose a significant threat to bird populations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EPA must protect U.S. migratory birds on their wintering grounds by preventing these pesticides from being imported on food products,\u201d says Dr. Fry.  \u201cDoing so will encourage the use of safer pesticides and organic farming practices by foreign growers, at least for those crops that are imported into the U.S.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Chemicals that the American Bird Conservancy is seeking to revoke the import tolerances for include: cadusafos, cyproconazole, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/pesticide\/diazinon.htm\">diazinon<\/a>, dithianon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/pesticide\/diquatdibromide.htm\">diquat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/pesticide\/dimethoate.htm\">dimethoate<\/a>, fenamiphos, mevinphos, methomyl, naled, phorate, terbufos, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/pesticide\/dichlorvos.htm\">dichlorvos<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The full petition is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/\">http:\/\/www.abcbirds.org\/newsandreports\/releases\/090730_petition.html<br \/>\n<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, August 6, 2009) American Bird Conservancy has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the import of crops containing any residues of 13 pesticides that are banned or restricted for use in the United States. 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