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EPA is expected to announce new restrictions on the insecticide chlorpyrifos this week, including a ban on its use in over-the-counter products. Chlorpyrifos is sold by Dow Agro-Sciences as Dursban. [...]

EPA has issued a final rule that revokes the agency's long-standing policy of allowing fruit and vegetables sold in the U.S. to contain limited residue of the pesticide carbofuran. EPA [...]

BASF says it has told the French government it is willing to commission an independent research institute to study the causes of declining bee populations in France. BASF's offer follows [...]

The French government has slapped a ban on all insecticides for agricultural use containing BASF s active ingredient fipronil because of concerns about the harmful affect of fipronil on bees. [...]

EPA has proposed phasing out some uses of the organophosphate insecticide dimethoate. Manufacturers BASE Cheminova, Drexel, and Microflow requested the phaseout after EPA cited dimethoate as a key contributor to [...]

FDA officials are weighing the environmental impacts of restrictions on pharmaceutical ingredients in wastewater, following a recent study that found these chemicals in numerous U.S. streams. The study, conducted by [...]

EPA announced last week that it plans to give high priority to review of insecticides considered reduced-risk alternatives to organophosphates. EPA says the review will take priority after a review [...]