Now Durazo is taking aim at the granular formulation of chlorpyrifos. Dow AgroSciences and other registrants had negotiated an exemption for this use in exchange for dropping a lawsuit over the ...

Her bill, SB 86, would require DPR to submit quarterly use reports on the granular form directly to the Legislature. United Farm Workers, a co-sponsor of the bill, labeled CDFA Secretary . . .

Chemical companies gave up their fight over California’s ban of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to learning and development disorders. The accord announced Wednesday with the ...

In this file photo from June 21, 2019, the sun peaks past almonds growing on the branches of an almond tree in Modesto, Calif. Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide used on more than 80 food crops ...

Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that’s often used in agriculture. ... granules, water-dispersible granules, wettable powders, and water-soluble packets, the EPA says.

Chlorpyrifos use fell sharply in Ventura County in 2018, when only 750 gallons of liquid chlorpyrifos and 1,715 granular pounds of the pesticide were used across 286 applications.

There were 6,366 gallons of liquid chlorpyrifos and 1,485 pounds of granular chlorpyrifos used that year. Williams described the former as a type of spray and said the latter is typically a form ...

Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide mainly used in Oregon on Christmas trees, ... granular formulations and cattle ear tags. The ODA received more than 2,400 comments over two public comment periods.

Use of granular chlorpyrifos must be reported to the state quarterly, rather than annually, by county agricultural commissioners under SB 86.

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 ...

When chlorpyrifos was applied using an in-furrow method for granular products, urinary biomarker GM levels were 2.5-fold lower (8.3 vs 21 μg/l) and estimated body loading GM levels were 6-fold ...

California will ban the sale of a widely used agricultural pesticide starting early next year, citing links between chlorpyrifos and brain damage and other health problems in children. State ...