chlorpyrifos pesticide and the EPA

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EPA and Dow Chemical Cutting Backroom Deal to Lift Pesticide Ban

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Dow Chemical company is in the process of striking a backroom agreement

with the EPA to repeal a ban on a confirmed highly toxic pesticide. Four Years

ago (June 2000), the EPA announced it had conclusive evidence that Dow's

pesticide Dursban (chlorpyrifos) " does not provide an adequate margin of

protection

for children. "

(source:_http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/chlorpyrifos/consumerqs.htm_

(http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/chlorpyrifos/consumerqs.htm) )

The chemical was conclusively proven to cause neurological disorders and

birth defects. As a result, a four year phase out of the toxic chemical was put

into play. As of Dec.31, 2004, the chemical is to no longer be legal, but

according to the Washington Post (read full article _here_

(http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/dow.cfm) ), Dow and the EPA are striking a

deal to allow

this toxic chemical's continued use. There are no new studies that justify

this, but Dow is suddenly claiming chlorpyrifos is safe for kids. As a note on

the legitimacy of that claim, in 2003, Dow was fined $2 million for illegally

making false safety claims about its pesticides.