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EPA Will Phase Out Use of Nerve Agent Type Pesticide

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A lawsuit in 2004 that resulted in the EPA reevaluating the use of a nerve-agent type pesticide has led to the EPA's decicion to phase out the use of the chemical, AZM, in orchards and crops. 
 
Farmworker and environmental groups sued the EPA when it decided, despite evidence that the chemical is harmful to humans, to allow its use to continue in 2004. The EPA settled the suit by pledging to reconsider. 
 
During the phaseout, AZM use will be restricted and workers will be monitored for medical problems which include seizures, paralysis and even death. 
 

EPA will phase out common crop pesticide

The Olympian - 6/13/2006 7:35 AM

SEATTLE - The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of a pesticide that has been used on apples, pears and other crops since the late 1950s, after environmental groups argued that it poisons farmworkers.
 
Beginning next year, nuts, nursery stocks and Brussels sprouts should no longer be treated with azinphos-methyl - AZM for short, the EPA said in a draft decision. The agency would ban the pesticide's use on apples, blueberries, cherries, pears and parsley in 2010. The draft is up for public comment for two months
 
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