9th Circuit Orders Rehearing En Banc For Case About Chlorpyrifos Tolerance Level

(February 8, 2019, 2:37 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 6 issued two orders calling for a rehearing of oral arguments en banc regarding a split decision that found that there was no justification for the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to maintain a tolerance for the chemical chlorpyrifos in the face of scientific evidence that its residue on food causes neurodevelopmental damage to children (League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 17-71636, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3715)....