Chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide, can only be used by professionals as it is deemed toxic to people and the environment. It is banned in Canada, not approved in the ...

An insecticide used on pastures and grain crops and as a biosecurity treatment for pest species could soon be banned.

WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service released a revised draft biological opinion today finding that three widely used insecticides — chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion — jeopardize the ...

In 2022 the Center sued the Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect imperiled wildlife from the insecticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon, as required under the Endangered Species Act. Over six ...