When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos
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When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos
Strong evidence now supports the notion that organophosphate pesticides damage the fetal brain and produce cognitive and behavioral dysfunction through multiple mechanisms, including thyroid disruption. A regulatory ban was proposed, but actions to end the use of one such pesticide, chlorpyrifos, in agriculture were recently stopped by the Environmental Protection Agency under false scientific ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Biology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2003671