chlorpyrifos
noun
chlor·pyr·i·fos
klȯr-ˈpir-ə-fäs 
-ˈpī-rə
: a toxic crystalline organophosphate pesticide C9H11Cl3NO3PS that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests and ticks
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Another example: chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in children and fetuses.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
It was banned from residential use in the United States in 2001, and in 2011, Environmental Protection Agency scientists were unable to find any safe level of exposure to chlorpyrifos.
—Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
Internationally, the fate of chlorpyrifos remains an open question.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 July 2023
Those limits -- and development of replacement pest controls -- have led to a decline in farmers’ use of chlorpyrifos, EPA said.
—John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
It was banned from residential use in the United States in 2001, and in 2011, Environmental Protection Agency scientists were unable to find any safe level of exposure to chlorpyrifos.
—Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
Internationally, the fate of chlorpyrifos remains an open question.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 July 2023
Those limits -- and development of replacement pest controls -- have led to a decline in farmers’ use of chlorpyrifos, EPA said.
—John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
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chlorpyrifos
noun
chlor·pyr·i·fos
-ˈpir-ə-fäs, -ˈpī-rə-
: a toxic crystalline organophosphate pesticide C9H11Cl3NO3PS that inhibits acetylcholinesterase and is used to control insect pests and ticks
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