Farmworkers and environmental groups have reopened a lawsuit against the EPA seeking a quicker phase-out of a pesticide they say has been poisoning fieldworkers for decades. The suit challenges a November EPA decision to extend to 2012 the timetable for phasing out the pesticide, known as AZM."It is inexcusable for EPA to allow AZM to continue poisoning workers for six more years," said a United Farm Workers spokesman."Public health is still our top priority," an EPA spokeswoman said.
February 07, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Farmworkers and environmental groups have reopened a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force it to more quickly phase out a pesticide they say has been poisoning fieldworkers for decades.
The federal lawsuit challenges a decision by the EPA last November to set a 2012 timetable for phasing out the pesticide azinphos-methyl, known as guthion or AZM.
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