How to Use chlorpyrifos in a Sentence

chlorpyrifos

noun

• The ban would stop the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on all food, the agency said Wednesday.
  — Timothy Puko, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
• The debate over banning chlorpyrifos goes back more than 13 years.
  — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
• The insecticide, chlorpyrifos, had an even bigger effect by killing the two predators of the snails.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
• Five of these chemicals -- naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate -- showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 9 June 2017
• The argument, along with others from golf courses that use chlorpyrifos to fight a stubborn breed of weevil, won out in Annapolis, for now.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Young children were exposed to the nerve-damaging chlorpyrifos at four times the EPA acceptable level.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 12 May 2004
• Apple farmers have argued that chlorpyrifos is the only pesticide available for use against pests such as the rosy apple aphid.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
• Health campaigners petitioned the EPA to determine that there is no safe exposure level for the chlorpyrifos, paving the way for a total ban.
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
• There are already signs that most farmers realize their era of using chlorpyrifos is nearly over.
  — Thomas D. Elias, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2019
• Among them is Pruitt, who in March overruled the findings of his agency’s own scientists to reverse an effort to ban chlorpyrifos, one of the nation’s most widely used pesticides.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2017
• Scientists say studies have shown that chlorpyrifos damages the brains of fetuses and children.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2019
• The filing by the attorneys general asks the EPA to vacate the March order and move within 60 days to respond to their objections by revoking the chlorpyrifos standards.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2017
• The chlorpyrifos assessment comes on the heels of other E.P.A. moves to weaken restrictions on toxic chemicals.
  — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
• Environmental groups said a ban of chlorpyrifos is long overdue.
  — Matthew Daly, ajc, 29 Apr. 2021
• Did Pruitt set some kind of record for most outrageous sellout when the EPA balked at banning the toxic chemical chlorpyrifos, even after scientists had shown the substance is harmful to children?
  — Will Bunch, Philly.com, 19 June 2018
• Two other pesticides that the current administration allows are glyphosate and chlorpyrifos — both a threat to human health.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 22 July 2019
• Theories for their deaths ranged from exposure to a strong pesticide called chlorpyrifos – which is banned in the U.S. but used in Asian countries to tackle bedbugs – to a deliberate attempt to put poison in their drinks.
  — Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News, 12 June 2019
• Environmental groups have since pushed Cuomo to act to ban the pesticide, chlorpyrifos, used on golf courses and crops including corn, soybeans and broccoli.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
• About 5 million to 10 million pounds of chlorpyrifos are used annually on crops nationwide.
  — Geoffrey Mohan, latimes.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• Scientific studies have shown that chlorpyrifos damages the brains of fetuses and children.
  — Matthew Daly, ajc, 29 Apr. 2021
• Ultimately a federal appeals court ordered the E.P.A. to issue a final ruling on whether to ban chlorpyrifos by July 2019.
  — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
• More than 1 million pounds of chlorpyrifos are sold each year in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
  — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• This assessment also shows risks to workers who mix, load and apply chlorpyrifos pesticide products.
  — Jenny Splitter, Slate Magazine, 11 Apr. 2017
• Twenty days later, Pruitt announced his decision to deny a petition to ban Dow’s chlorpyrifos pesticide from being sprayed on food.
  — Michael Biesecker, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
• Jackson told career staff to deny a petition seeking to ban chlorpyrifos, the controversial pesticide that has been shown to damage children’s brains.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 23 Apr. 2018
• But her confidence in the EPA's resolve was fragile, and it had been shaken by other actions, including the order Hamnett received to reverse course on banning the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
  — Eric Lipton, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 Oct. 2017
• However, studies have found that chlorpyrifos causes brain damage in children.
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
• Oregon, Connecticut and New Jersey also are considering measures to take chlorpyrifos off the market.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2019
• On January 20, the Biden administration put chlorpyrifos on their list of Trump administration actions to review in order to protect the public health.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Mar. 2021
• Ending the use of chlorpyrifos on food will help to ensure children, farmworkers, and all people are protected from the potentially dangerous consequences of this pesticide.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024