EPA director Scott Pruitt signed an order denying the agency's own proposal to ban chlorpyrifos, according to a Wednesday afternoon press release. "We need to provide regulatory certainty to the thousands of American farms that rely on chlorpyrifos, while still protecting human health and the environment,” Pruitt said in written statement. “By reversing the previous Administration’s steps to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, we are returning to using sound science in decision-making – rather than predetermined results.”
中文叫毒死蜱。根据香港消费者委员会的报告，含有“毒死蜱”的蔬菜要在开水煮至少一分钟，再倒走煮过菜的水，才能将农药清除。
