In a major setback for pesticide industry, despite lobbying of Pruitt/Trump admin, a court today orders ban of chlorpyifos, a widely used pesticide (almonds, oranges, broccoli, etc) that EPA staff wanted off the market but Pruitt vetoed the move last year. nytimes.com/2018/08/09/us/…
I've written a fair amount abt chlorpyrifos in the last year (although I still can't spell it without looking it up) Here are a couple pieces. First, when Pruitt moved to reject his own staff's recommendation in March 2017, and he rejected a proposed ban nytimes.com/2017/03/29/us/…
And we did this piece, that explained the lobbying by pesticide and agriculture industry before Pruitt rejected the ban. (Yes, there is always a backstory to everything that happens in Washington.) nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/…
Interesting this is 2nd major reversal for 2 very controversial moves by Pruitt, re protecting a pesticide that his own staff had concluded appeared to be harming children, and a second his move to allow increase in sales of heavily polluting diesel trucks nytimes.com/2018/07/27/cli…
EPA could still appeal this ruling today to Supreme Court or ask full 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider ruling by a 3 judge panel. But 4 now, environmental/health groups been fighting for this ban for more than a decade have upper hand. int.nyt.com/data/documenth… 
Pesticide industry, not pleased. Here is comment from DowDuPont, lead manufacturer.
