China to Ban 10 More Highly Toxic Pesticides

Agricultural authorities in China are speeding up the phaseout of highly toxic pesticides, announcing Dec. 5 that another 10 pesticides will be eliminated by the end of 2022.

China will ban the production and use of aldicarb, phorate, and isocarbophos by the end of 2018; ethoprop, omethoate, methyl isothiocyanate, and aluminium phosphide by the end of 2020; and chloropicrin, carbofuran, and methomyl by the end of 2022.

The move follows the State Council’s release of its Pesticide Management Regulations that went into effect June 1, and a July announcement that it’s prohibiting the use of ...