{"id":24114,"date":"2019-01-22T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T04:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=24114"},"modified":"2019-01-22T00:42:03","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T04:42:03","slug":"help-get-neurotoxic-pesticide-chlorpyrifos-out-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2019\/01\/help-get-neurotoxic-pesticide-chlorpyrifos-out-of-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Get Neurotoxic Pesticide, Chlorpyrifos, Out of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, January 22, 2019)\u00a0Earlier this month, U.S. Representative Nydia Vel\u00e1squez (D-NY) introduced The Ban Toxic Pesticides Act<\/em>, H.R.230 which bans the insecticide chlorpyrifos from commerce.<\/p>\n

Chlorpyrifos is a toxic chemical that has been linked to damaging and often irreversible health outcomes in workers, pregnant women, and children. As a result of a revised human health risk assessment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a regulation to ban chlorpyrifos in 2016. Under the Trump Administration, the EPA has taken steps to reverse the regulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable for EPA to turn a blind eye as children and workers are exposed to this poison,\u201d Vel\u00e1zquez said. \u00a0\u201cIf the EPA won\u2019t do its job when it comes to chlorpyrifos, then Congress needs to act \u2013 and do so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ask your U.S. Representative to Co-Sponsor H.R. 230 to Stop the Use of the Toxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, which Is Damaging Children\u2019s Brains.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chlorypyrifos is a widely used pesticide. Agriculture companies annually spray 6 million pounds of the substance on crops like citrus, apples, and cherries. \u00a0In the same family as Sarin gas, the substance was initially developed prior to World War II as a chemical weapon. It can overstimulate the nervous system to cause nausea, dizziness, and confusion. With very high exposures (accidents or spills), it can cause respiratory paralysis and even death. When applying the chemical to fields, workers must wear protective garments such as respirators. Workers are then blocked from entering the fields from 24 hours up to 5 days after application due to the chemical exposure risk.<\/p>\n

In August, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement its previous proposed ban of the chemical in the U.S. However, the Administration is appealing the ruling, seeking to prevent implementation of the Obama-era ban.<\/p>\n

Rep. Val\u00e1zaquez states, \u201cAs long as there are efforts underway in the courts or administratively to undo the ban on this toxic pesticide, I\u2019ll be working to see chlorypyrifos removed from commerce through the legislative process.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a strong recent history of action of introducing legislation to remove chlorpyrifos from use. The same legislation being proposed by Valazquez was introduced in the last Congress as H.R. 3380, Pesticide Protection Act<\/em> (2017). In the closing days of the 115th Congress, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) introduced a bill to ban chlorpyrifos. The Prohibit Chlorpyrifos Poisoning Students Act<\/em> (S. 3764) would elevate Hawai\u2018i\u2019s state ban to the national level, banning the use of the chemical near (within 300 feet of) schools in 2019 and banning its sale and distribution altogether the following year. The legislation follows a 2017 bill introduced by Senator Tom Udall (D-NM), Protect Children, Farmers and Farmworkers from Nerve Agent Pesticides Act<\/em>, S. 1624, that deems any food with chlorpyrifos residues to be adulterated and therefore illegal.<\/p>\n

EPA negotiated a cancellation of all residential uses (with the exception of golf courses and disease-carrying mosquitoes) in 2000 after finding significant neurotoxic effects on children. In June, 2018, Hawai\u2018i became the first state to ban chlorpyrifos, effective 2022.<\/p>\n

Given the abundant research demonstrating deleterious effects of chlorpyrifos on human health –including a 2016 EPA human risk assessment that found the agency\u2019s exposure threshold is exceeded for children, and citing concerns about chlorpyrifos levels in the air in schools, homes, and communities — it is critical to support a complete ban on the chemical.<\/p>\n

H.R. 230 has 56 house representative co-sponsors. If your representative has already signed on, you will be prompted to send them a thank you note that encourages them to keep advocating for human and environmental health.<\/p>\n

Ask your U.S. Representative to Co-Sponsor H.R. 230 to Stop the Use of the Toxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, which Is Damaging Children\u2019s Brains.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Letter to U.S. Representatives:<\/em><\/p>\n

I am writing to request that you co-sponsor The Ban Toxic Pesticides Act, H.R.230. Introduced by Rep. Nydia <\/em>Vel<\/em>\u00e1<\/em>squez, the act bans the insecticide c<\/em>hlorpyrifos from commerce. Chlorpyrifos is<\/em> a toxic chemical that has been linked to damaging and often irreversible health outcomes in workers, pregnant women, and children.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>EPA negotiated a cancellation of all residential (with the exception of golf courses and disease-carrying mosquitoes) uses in 2000, after determining that the neurotoxic effects to children exceeded reasonable levels. A 2016 revised EPA human health risk assessment of chlorpyrifos found that the agency\u2019s exposure threshold is exceeded for children, citing concerns about levels in the air at schools, homes, and communities in agricultural areas. As a result, the EPA developed a regulation to ban chlorpyrifos. Under the Trump Administration, the EPA has taken steps to reverse the regulation despite clear human health hazards. <\/em><\/p>\n

In June of 2018, Hawai\u2018i became the first state to ban chlorpyrifos (effective in 2022). The evidence of deleterious effects and momentum of policy change make it clear: there is an urgent need to extend protection from chlorpyrifos to children and others in all states.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please confirm with me that you will co-sponsor H.R. 230, The Ban Toxic Pesticides Act<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/em><\/p>\n

Co-sponsors in the last (115<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong>) Congress (56):<\/strong>\u00a0Chairman Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva, Rep. David N. Cicilline, Rep.\u00a0Debbie Wasserman Schultz,\u00a0Rep. McNerney, Rep. Peter DeFazio, Rep. Blumenauer,\u00a0Rep. Bonamici, Rep.\u00a0Roybal-Allard, Rep. Quigley,\u00a0Rep.
\nLee, Rep. Chu, Rep.\u00a0Eleanor H. Norton, Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, Rep. Gabbard, Rep. Jackson Lee, Rep. Peter Welch, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Espaillat, Rep.\u00a0Lipinski,\u00a0Rep. Kathy Castor, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Rep. Steve Cohen, Rep. Ro Khanna,\u00a0Rep. Tim Ryan,\u00a0Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Pramilia Jayapal, Rep. Carol Shea-Porter, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Gregory Meeks, Rep. Albio Sires, Rep. Nanette Diaz Barrag\u00e1n, Rep. Dwight Evans, Rep. Betty McCollum, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Jerry Nadler,\u00a0Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Raskin, Rep. McGovern, Rep. Ted W. Lieu, Rep. Bobby Rush, Rep. Pingree, Rep. Grace Meng, Rep. Adam Smith, Rep. Huffman, Rep. Fudge, Rep. Colleen Hanabusa, Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr, Rep. Tony C\u00e1rdenas, Rep. Matt Cartwright, Rep. Pete\u00a0Visclosky, Rep. Jimmy Gomez, Rep. Jackie Speier, Rep. Grace Napolitano, Rep. Seth Moulton, Rep. Katherine Clark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Under the Trump Administration, the EPA has taken steps to reverse the regulation. \u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable for EPA to turn a blind eye as children and workers are exposed to this poison,\u201d Vel\u00e1zquez said. \u00a0\u201cIf the EPA won\u2019t do its job when it comes to chlorpyrifos, then Congress needs to act \u2013 and do so quickly.\u201d Ask your U.S. Representative to Co-Sponsor H.R. 230 to Stop the Use of the Toxic Insecticide Chlorpyrifos, which Is Damaging Children\u2019s Brains.\u00a0 Chlorypyrifos is a widely used pesticide. Agriculture companies annually spray 6 million pounds of the substance on crops like citrus, apples, and cherries. \u00a0In the same family as Sarin gas, the substance was initially developed prior to World War II as a chemical weapon. 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