Largest maker of pesticide linked to brain damage in kids to stop producing chemical
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z0TK)
Announcement comes after Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts
The world's largest manufacturer of chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticide linked to brain damage in children, has announced that it will stop producing the chemical by the end of the year.
The announcement on Thursday by Corteva, the corporation formed from a Dow Chemical and DuPont merger, comes after the Trump administration reversed regulatory plans to ban the pesticide and rejected the scientific conclusions of US government experts.
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