{"id":25409,"date":"2019-08-12T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=25409"},"modified":"2019-08-12T00:06:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T04:06:09","slug":"take-action-to-protect-children-epa-must-decide-based-on-science-not-industry-lobbying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2019\/08\/take-action-to-protect-children-epa-must-decide-based-on-science-not-industry-lobbying\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Action: To Protect Children, EPA Must Decide Based on Science, Not Industry Lobbying"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, August 12, 2019)\u00a0Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rejected the evidence provided by independent scientists and sided with the pesticide industry promoting its products; this time, removing a safety for factor for children on some of the most widely used insecticides, synthetic pyrethroids. When EPA cannot do its job, it is time for Congress to step in.<\/p>\n

Tell Congress: To Protect Children, EPA Must Consider the Independent Peer-Reviewed Science, Not Bend to Industry Lobbying.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In a move that challenges the preponderance of independent peer-reviewed scientific findings on children’s health, EPA recently\u00a0stripped away protections<\/a>\u00a0that limit children’s exposure to class of chemicals associated with\u00a0childhood cancer,<\/a>\u00a0autism<\/a>\u00a0other learning disorders, and asthma<\/a>. The result of the agency’s actions will be a dramatic increase in the use of synthetic pyrethroids, insecticides found in indoor and outdoor bug sprays, bug bombs, and often used on conventionally grown fruits and vegetables. EPA, under the leadership of former fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, is embracing the positions of the pesticide industry while ignoring independent science and health and environmental groups.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the agrichemical industry trade group,\u00a0Croplife America, submitted comments<\/a>\u00a0to EPA during its review of synthetic pyrethroids. The organization urged EPA to rely on a health model developed by a different industry group, the Council for the Advancement of Pyrethroid Human Risk Assessment (CAPHRA), in determining the \u201csafety factor\u201d to apply to children. \u201cSafety factors\u201d for children are required under the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), unless there is compelling evidence indicating the additional margin of safety is unnecessary. These factors generally require manufacturers to lower label application rates of a pesticide active ingredient by 3 to 10 times in order to safeguard the health of developing infants, toddlers, and children. Since the safety factors are intended to account for unknown effects, it is notable that EPA’s manual,\u00a0Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning<\/a><\/em>, points out, \u201cLittle or no research has been done on the neurodevelopmental effects of other common agents, such as pyrethroids commonly used in households and agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPA’s decision to lower the safety factor on synthetic pyrethroids from 3x to 1x for children under 6 years of age will permit children’s exposure rates to these widely used chemicals to triple.<\/p>\n

Tell Congress: To Protect Children, EPA Must Consider the Independent Peer-Reviewed Science, Not Bend to Industry Lobbying.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Letter to Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rejected the evidence provided by independent scientists in favor of the pesticide industry promoting its products; this time, removing a safety for factor for children on some of the most widely used insecticides, synthetic pyrethroids. When EPA cannot do its job, it is time for Congress to step in. Please tell EPA to retain the 3X safety factor for synthetic pyrethroids.<\/p>\n

In a move that challenges the preponderance of independent peer-reviewed scientific findings on children\u2019s health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently stripped away protections that limit children\u2019s exposure to class of chemicals associated with childhood cancer, autism and other learning disorders, and asthma. The result of the agency\u2019s actions will be a dramatic increase in the use of synthetic pyrethroids, insecticides found in indoor and outdoor bug sprays, bug bombs, and often used on conventionally grown fruits and vegetables. EPA, under the leadership of former fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, is embracing the positions of the pesticide industry while ignoring independent science and health and environmental groups.<\/p>\n

In 2017, the agrichemical industry trade group, Croplife America, submitted comments to EPA during its review of synthetic pyrethroids. The organization urged EPA to rely on a health model developed by a different industry group, the Council for the Advancement of Pyrethroid Human Risk Assessment (CAPHRA), in determining the \u201csafety factor\u201d to apply to children. \u201cSafety factors\u201d for children are required under the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), unless there is compelling evidence indicating the additional margin of safety is unnecessary. These factors generally require manufacturers to lower label application rates of a pesticide active ingredient by 3 to 10 times in order to safeguard the health of developing infants, toddlers, and children. Since the safety factors are intended to account for unknown effects, it is notable that EPA\u2019s manual, Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisoning, points out, \u201cLittle or no research has been done on the neurodevelopmental effects of other common agents, such as pyrethroids commonly used in households and agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n

EPA\u2019s decision to lower the safety factor on synthetic pyrethroids from 3x to 1x for children under 6 years of age will permit children\u2019s exposure rates to these widely used chemicals to triple.<\/p>\n

Please tell EPA to reject decision-making based on pesticide industry lobbying and base decisions on independent science. Tell EPA to retain the 3X safety factor for synthetic pyrethroids.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, August 12, 2019)\u00a0Once again, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rejected the evidence provided by independent scientists and sided with the pesticide industry promoting its products; this time, removing a safety for factor for children on some of the most widely used insecticides, synthetic pyrethroids. When EPA cannot do its job, it is time for Congress to step in. Tell Congress: To Protect Children, EPA Must Consider the Independent Peer-Reviewed Science, Not Bend to Industry Lobbying. In a move that challenges the preponderance of independent peer-reviewed scientific findings on children’s health, EPA recently\u00a0stripped away protections\u00a0that limit children’s exposure to class of chemicals associated with\u00a0childhood cancer,\u00a0autism\u00a0other learning disorders, and asthma. The result of the agency’s actions will be a dramatic increase in the use of synthetic pyrethroids, insecticides found in indoor and outdoor bug sprays, bug bombs, and often used on conventionally grown fruits and vegetables. EPA, under the leadership of former fossil fuel lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, is embracing the positions of the pesticide industry while ignoring independent science and health and environmental groups. In 2017, the agrichemical industry trade group,\u00a0Croplife America, submitted comments\u00a0to EPA during its review of synthetic pyrethroids. 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