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This pesticide should have stayed ILLEGAL. Chlorpyrifos is among the worst of the worst. The chemical has been linked to SERIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE when infants in utero and children are exposed -- including risks of reduced IQ, memory loss, and attention deficit disorders.  Chlorpyrifos is not only harmful for human health, but it also DEADLY to bees and other pollinators. Chlorpyrifos can poison bees 24 hours after it’s sprayed, impairing their memory and learning. If wild bees are totally wiped out, our ecosystems and food supply could crumble. We already know that pollinators are responsible for 1 in 3 bites of food we eat!    Last year, a federal court ruled to REVERSE the EPA’s ban on chlorpyrifos -- meaning that food produced with this toxic chemical might end up in your next meal!   Let’s make this toxic pesticide illegal again. With your help today, we can urge the EPA to reinstate the ban on chlorpyrifos and protect human health and vulnerable pollinators. TAKE ACTION NOW: Tell the EPA to reinstate its BAN ON CHLORPYRIFOS immediately! >> SIGN THE PETITION Chlorpyrifos is one of the most dangerous pesticides on the market. But for decades before its initial ban, the EPA allowed it to continue to be used, despite the harm it causes to children’s developing brains. People who are regularly exposed to toxic pesticides -- farmworkers and their families -- have an increased risk of severe neurological conditions.  The EPA knows it’s dangerous but allowed it to be sprayed on crops like almonds, grapes, and soybeans. So much of the yummy, nutritious foods we eat could be CONTAMINATED by this highly toxic chemical.  The evidence is clear: Chlorpyrifos only benefits the pesticide corporations that make it. The risk of allowing its use is far too great. That’s why it’s so important for people like YOU to take action. The EPA needs to hear from folks who want to save bees in their backyards and beyond. It needs to hear how pesticide use harms you and your community to counter Big Pesticide’s narrative. Can we count on you to push the EPA to ban chlorpyrifos? SIGN THE PETITION Thanks for fighting toxic pesticides,   Friends of the Earth  Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 Contact us Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: