Pesticide Caused Kids' Brain Damage, California Lawsuits Say
Source: AP News
(5 hrs ago). SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawsuits filed Monday in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children.
Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans, almonds and walnuts, though California banned sales of the pesticide last year and spraying of it this year. Some other states, including New York, have moved to ban it.
Stuart Calwell, lead attorney in the lawsuits, argued that its effects linger in Central Valley agricultural communities contaminated by chlorpyrifos during decades of use, with measurable levels still found in his clients’ homes.
Lawyers project that at least 100,000 homes in the nation’s largest agricultural state may need to dispose of most of their belongings because they are contaminated with the pesticide....
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- A foreman watches workers pick fruit in an orchard in Arvin, Calif. On Monday, July 12, 2021 lawsuits were filed in 4 California counties seeking potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical & its successor company over a widely used bug killer containing Chlorpyrifos that has been linked to brain damage in children.
Chlorpyrifos is approved for use on more than 80 food crops, including oranges, berries, grapes, soybeans almonds & walnuts, though California banned the sales of the pesticide last year & ended spraying this year.
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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorpyrifos
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On 29 March 2017, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt denied a petition to ban chlorpyrifos. However, on 9 August 2018, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the EPA to ban the sale of chlorpyrifos in the United States within 60 days, though this ruling was almost immediately appealed by the Trump administration.
In May 2019 the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) announced it will "cancel the registration that allows chlorpyrifos to be sold in California". In October 2019 CDPR announced an end to all chlorpyrifos sales by February 6, 2020. Possession and use of chlorpyrifos by agricultural growers were effectively banned in California by December 31, 2020.
Republicans say no corporation has been harmed by Chlorpyrifos, so no reason to ban it.
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