Colleagues:
While many of us are distressed over the EPA's plans to dismantle climate change policies, several other policies are equally worrisome. Recently, Scott Pruitt denied a petition filed by environmental groups asking for a ban on the use of an insecticide called Chlorpyrifos that has serious health consequences, such as damaging the nervous system of infants and children. While this pesticide is banned for residential use, the EPA has allowed it to be used in agricultural operations, raising obvious concerns about environmental justice. Here is our analysis:
"Why did Scott Pruitt refuse to ban a chemical that the EPA itself said is dangerous?"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/04/12/why-did-scott-pruitt-refuse-to-ban-a-chemical-that-the-epa-itself-said-is-dangerous/?outputType=accessibility&nid=menu_nav_accessibilityforscreenreader
Comments are always welcome; please email them directly to me.
Thanks,
Aseem
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Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
39 Gowen Hall, Box 353530
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3530
http://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/
http://depts.washington.edu/envirpol/
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