environmental protection

The United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of deca-BDE in 2021 after the chemical was linked to cancer, endocrine and thyroid issues, and a host of other ailments.

He called global warming a hoax, pulled out of the Paris climate agreement, shrank national monuments and appointed Environmental Protection Agency administrators who helped polluters at the expense of public health.

Of the many ways Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to upend federal policy, few are more predictable or damaging than the U-turn he and his allies threaten to take on climate change and environmental protection.

Although Kennedy is passionate about reducing pesticides and other chemicals in foods, it’s up to the Department of Agriculture to regulate pesticide use on crops, and it’s the job of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine what exposure levels are considered safe for people, Cook said.

The formulation has been approved for both aerial and ground applications after passing multiple safety tests, including a toxicity characteristic leaching protocol developed by the Environmental Protection Agency to simulate how much of a substance’s toxic contents would be released into a landfill, the agency said.