Republicans pressed the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some pesticide restrictions on farmers as the new GOP House majority continues to hit back against Biden administration environmental policies.
The agency banned chlorpyrifos, a chemical compound formerly used to repel pests, in crop production two years ago. This and other EPA pesticide rules comprise a “war on crop protection tools,”
House Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson (R-Pa.) at a hearing Wednesday called on EPA administrator Michael Regan to allow more pesticide use on farms.
The Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, American Soybean Association, and other groups are challenging the chlorpyrifos ban ...
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