Lawsuit challenges EPA re-approval of Atrazine

Lawsuit challenges EPA re-approval of Atrazine
November 3rd, 2020 | NAFB News Service

Public-interest groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency last week over its decision to reapprove atrazine. The groups claim atrazine is linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.

The lawsuit contends that the agency failed in its legal duty to ensure that the pesticide would not cause unreasonable harm to public health and the environment. An attorney for the Center for Food Safety says, “We are in court to make sure EPA answers for its blatant disregard of the lives of our nation’s farmworkers and their children.”

The lawsuit also challenges the EPA’s re-approvals of two other pesticides in the triazine class, which were part of the same review process as atrazine. Farm groups welcomed the September re-approval announcement made in Missouri.

At the time, Missouri Natural Resources Department Director Carol Comer stated, “EPA is using sound science to make decisions that protect children and workers, provide predictability and flexibility for our agricultural producers, and protect the environment.”

Share:

© 2024 Nebraska Rural Radio Association. All rights reserved. Republishing, rebroadcasting, rewriting, redistributing prohibited. Copyright Information