"Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's legacy took another hit last week as a federal court ordered EPA to ban a heavily used farm chemical.

During the Obama administration, EPA said it would ban chlorpyrifos after health assessments showed current uses posed dietary and drinking water risks to humans, especially children. But Pruitt reversed the proposed ban in March 2017, declaring that the agency was returning to "sound science."

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed. In a split decision, a three-judge panel ordered the agency to revoke all tolerances and cancel all registrations for the pesticide within 60 days.

The ruling adds to a growing pile of court losses for EPA over the past year and a half."

Amanda Reilly and Sean Reilly report for Greenwire August 13, 2018. [2]

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