A new UCLA Health study links long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos with a substantially higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A study led by UCLA Health reports that p ...

A pesticide used for decades on farms across the United States and around the world may significantly increase the risk of ...

A new study from UCLA Health has found that long-term residential exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos is associated with ...

A common agricultural pesticide known as chlorpyrifos may play a substantial role in the development of Parkinson’s disease.

Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that the agency plans to ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food. The EPA said it will revoke all “tolerances ...

The insecticide chlorpyrifos is on its way out, the result of growing concerns about organophosphate compounds that were first developed as nerve gas weapons in World War II and later adapted to ...

CHICAGO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will ban the use on food crops of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to health problems in ...

The lawyer who helped ban chlorpyrifos on food crops warns that the EPA decision creates obstacles to banning other dangerous pesticides. Goldman brought the case against EPA on behalf of the League ...

The pesticide chlorpyrifos has been at the center of a lot of debate in recent years. Some environmentalists argue it’s so dangerous, it shouldn’t be used at all. But regulators wanted to gather more ...

Gina Solomon worked for the California Environmental Protection Agency from 2012-2018. During that time, she helped to oversee the California scientific review of chlorpyrifos. In 2019, Dr. Solomon ...

Editor's note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children. Gina ...