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Dec 03, 2015
The American Soybean Association (ASA) and other industry leaders sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last month, requesting a 90-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to revoke tolerances for chlorpyrifos.
Chlorpyrifos is a widely tested and proven pesticide used throughout the world. In the United States, it is used on 50 separate crops in about 45 states.
The letter states that the current 60-day comment period does give adequate time to review data, gather all needed information requested by the agency and respond. An additional 90-day extension of public comment period would allow for comments into April 2016.
“Further, we believe EPA is proposing the extreme action of revoking tolerance not in reaction to new, solid scientific information but on theoretical modeling that is in stark disagreement with findings from real-world monitoring that show values well below regulatory standards for protection of health and safety,” the letter states.
Soy growers said this new approach to regulatory decision-making could leave many crop protection tools that growers rely upon, even beyond chlorpyrifos, at risk.
Click here to read the entire letter.
