EPA’s Paraquat Approval Is Contrary To Law, 9th Circuit Should Remand, Groups Say

Mealey's (May 27, 2022, 11:42 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A nonprofit law firm, farmworkers associations and others on May 25 filed an opening brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s interim registration review decision, which approves the use of the pesticide paraquat for up to 15 additional years, is “unsupported by the evidentiary record and contrary to” the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)....