Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Apr. 22, 2019
9th Circuit: EPA has 90 days to consider pesticide scientists say causes brain damage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has 90 days to decide whether a commonly used pesticide scientists say can cause brain damage in children exposed to the substance should be banned, a federal appeals court has ordered.




The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has 90 days to decide whether a commonly used pesticide scientists say can cause brain damage in children should be banned, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The order, issued Friday by an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is the latest development in 12 years of litigation that began when representatives for agricultural laborers petitioned the EPA in 2007 to revoke al...
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