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This toxic pesticide is poisoning our food

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Based on many scientific studies, the EPA determined that even very low levels of exposure to chlorpyrifos—a pesticide used on staple foods like corn, wheat, apples and citrus—can cause irreparable harm and damage children’s developing brains.


Chlorpyrifos contaminates our food and water, and agricultural workers and families in rural communities are at the front lines of exposure to this neurotoxic chemical. Exposing children to chlorpyrifos results in reduced IQ, loss of working memory and attention deficit disorders. Workers poisoned by chlorpyrifos experience vomiting, muscle cramps and twitching, tremors and weakness. This neurotoxic pesticide was banned for residential use 17 years ago, so why would the EPA continue to allow it to be used on farms, where it can poison everything it touches?

Earthjustice will hold the EPA accountable. We’re back in court asking for an order directing the EPA to put a full ban in place. Join us in urging the government to keep this toxic pesticide out of our food, our water, our schools and yards, and our bodies.

This action alert will target your Congressional representatives, your Governor, and your state Attorney General. Your personalized message will be added along with the following letter:

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What You Need To Know About Chlorpyrifos Reactions To The EPA’s Refusal To Ban Chlorpyrifos


Protect children, workers and consumers: Ban chlorpyrifos now

Dear Elected official:



* There is no safe level of chlorpyrifos in drinking water


* Protect children from learning and memory impairments
* Protect communities from pesticide poisonings when chlorpyrifos drifts in the air into nearby neighborhoods and schools
* Prevent contamination of our food
* Prevent contamination of our drinking water
* Prevent worker poisonings and harm to workers' children

I urge you to speak out, hold the EPA accountable, and take action to ban this neurotoxic pesticide by co-sponsoring H.R.3380 in the House and S.1624 in the Senate.


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