The federal Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to order the pesticide chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) off the market a couple of years ago. Then Donald Trump became president, and the EPA changed its approach.
Now a recent report indicates chlorpyrifos and two other commonly-used pesticides present a clear threat to sensitive fish species in the Northwest and California--salmon and steelhead and the like.
It took court action by the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides and allied groups just to get the report released. NCAP's Sharon Selvaggio visits with details of the report, technically a biological opinion or "biop."
