California bans pesticide linked to brain damage in children 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressLOS ANGELES — A widely used agricultural pesticide that California environmental officials have said has been linked to brain damage in children will be banned after next year under an agreement reached with the manufacturer, state officials announced Wednesday. The pesticide is used on numerous crops in the nation’s largest agriculture-producing state — including alfalfa, almonds, citrus, cotton, grapes and walnuts. State regulators have said chlorpyrifos has been linked to health defects in children, including brain impairment, and to illnesses in others with compromised immune systems. “For years, environmental justice advocates have fought to get the harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos out of our communities,” Gov.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 10, 2019 00:33 UTC