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</div><div style=""><div class="mag-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px 0px 19px; padding: 0px; position: relative; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h3 class="magcat-titlte entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; letter-spacing: 1px;"><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2020/09/the-epa-allows-continued-use-of-a-neurotoxin-found-to-harm-kids-brains/" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer; display: block; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"> EPA allows continued use of a neurotoxin found to harm kids’ brains</a></h3><div class="grid-post-box-meta mag-meta" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 7px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.alternet.org/author/brettwilkins/" title="Posts by Brett Wilkins" class="author url fn" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">Brett Wilkins</a> / <a href="https://www.alternet.org/author/common-dreams/" title="Posts by Common Dreams" class="author url fn" rel="author" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; cursor: pointer;">Common Dreams</a></div></div><div class="mag-excerpt entry-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Dismissing extensive scientific evidence showing that even low levels of chlorpyrifos damage children’s brains, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a risk assessment calling the toxic pesticide’s effects “unresolved”…

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Dismissing extensive scientific evidence showing that even low levels of chlorpyrifos damage children’s brains, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a risk assessment calling the toxic pesticide’s effects “unresolved” and allowing its continued use in a wide variety of agricultural products pending a future final decision on its use.
Reacting to the EPA’s move, Patti Goldman, managing attorney at Earthjustice, accused the agency of “ignoring decades of science by leading universities and in doing so, neglecting its duty to protect children from pesticides.”
“Ignoring the demonstrated harm to children doesn’t make chlorpyrifos safe, it just shows a commitment to keep a toxic pesticide in the market and in our food at all cost,” Goldman added.The EPA’s third risk assessment (pdf) for chlorpyrifos, which is the result of litigation by environmental groups, stated that “the science addressing [the pesticide’s] neurodevelopmental effects remains unresolved.” This, despite the study finding some dietary risks to adults, children, and handlers of the chemical, as well dangers to animals.Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate pesticide applied to crops, animals, and buildings to eliminate insects and worms, killing them by attacking their nervous systems through acetylcholinesterase enzyme inhibition. Invented by Dow Chemical Company in 1966, it is classified as “moderately hazardous” (pdf) to humans by the World Health Organization. Chlorpyrifos was banned in 2000 for most household uses but is still applied to dozens of crops on over 40,000 farms.
Last December, the European Union voted to effectively ban chlorpyrifos. Thailand also tried to ban the pesticide, but backed down last year under pressure from the Trump administration to continue buying it.
In 2016 under the Obama administration, EPA scientists found that chlorpyrifos poisons food and drinking water and recommended a ban on the pesticide, citing extensive research of its effects on children and agricultural workers. The pesticide has poisoned farmworkers, and researchers at Columbia University (pdf), Stanford University (pdf), the University of California at Berkeley (pdf), and elsewhere have shown that it is neurotoxic and damages children’s brains by, among other harms, delaying development, damaging memory, lowering IQ, and reducing attention span.
However, in March 2017 then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt rejected his own agency’s scientific findings and issued a ruling (pdf) upholding use of the neurotoxin. The American Academy of Pediatrics said it was “deeply alarmed” by Pruitt’s decision, which came after consultations with lobby groups including the American Farm Bureau Association.
Corteva Inc., which is owned by Dow Chemical and is the largest producer of chlorpyrifos, has also been lobbying the EPA, according to Earthjustice, one of the groups suing to ban the chemical. Progressive Farmer reported Wednesday that Corteva will phase out chlorpyrifos production, citing declining demand as the primary factor in its decision.
In 2017, the attorneys general of seven states—New York, California, Washington, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont—formally called on the EPA to take immediate action to ban chlorpyrifos. Absent action from the Trump administration, Hawaii in 2018 became the first state to ban pesticides containing the chemical, although the ban won’t go into effect until 2022. California and New York followed suit, while lawmakers in several other states have introduced bills to ban it.In a major victory for chemical corporations, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced in July 2019 that the agency would not ban chlorpyrifos, prompting a lawsuit by a coalition of health and labor organizations.
“Trump’s EPA might want to dismiss the science and the law to protect corporate profit, but we are confident the courts won’t stand for this,” said Dr. Elena Rios, president of the National Hispanic Medical Association, at the time.
Many scientists have expressed alarm that the U.S. government is upholding chlorpyrifos use.
“Strong evidence now supports the notion that organophosphate pesticides damage the fetal brain and produce cognitive and behavioral dysfunction through multiple mechanisms, including thyroid disruption,” wrote Leonardo Trasande, a professor of pediatrics, environmental medicine, and population health at New York University School of Medicine, in 2017.
“A regulatory ban was proposed, but actions to end the use of one such pesticide, chlorpyrifos, in agriculture were recently stopped by the Environmental Protection Agency under false scientific pretenses,” Trasande added. “Scientists have a responsibility to rebut and decry these serious challenges to human health and scientific integrity.”
“There are all these studies that have been done of kids showing that chlorpyrifos harms their brains especially as they’re young or fetuses as they’re developing,” Erik D. Olson of the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)—one of the groups fighting for a chlorpyrifos ban—told The Hill on Tuesday. “The very young are at much greater susceptibility than older people, and also more exposed.”
NRDC said that “EPA political appointees are pushing to not only ignore the epidemiological studies showing children are harmed by real-world uses of chlorpyrifos, but to also strip away the ‘uncertainty factors’ that are routinely applied to add a measure of protection for children, and to address uncertainties in the risk assessment.”
The EPA’s final decision on chlorpyrifos will be made at a future date, with most experts believing the latest risk assessment points to approval or an inadequate offer to limit its use.
“With how toxic it is you can’t mitigate the harm enough to make sure not really impacting people’s lives and health and the environment,” Nathan Donley, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, told The Hill.</div></div><div></div>=Breitbart.com has cited an anti-LGBTQ hate group as evidence that medical care for transgender youth is dangerous, harmful, and/or tantamount to “child abuse” in 19 separate articles since March. The deceptively named hate group’s position on youth health care is refuted by all major medical associations.On March 19, the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) released a <a href="http://www.acpeds.org/the-college-speaks/position-statements/gender-ideology-harms-children" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">position statement</a> titled “Gender Ideology Harms Children.” ACPeds is a deceptively named extremist group with an estimated <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/hate-group-masquerading-as-pediatricians-attacks-transgender-youth-544e755c6a20#.ign41taq8" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">200</a> to <a href="http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/lawsuits-challenge-federal-transgender-mandate" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">500</a> members whose name is meant to be confused with the 60,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). ACPeds has been designated as an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for spreading malicious lies about LGBTQ people and <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/04/07/anti-lgbt-hate-group-releases-anti-trans-position-statement" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">deliberately misrepresenting</a> legitimate research to attack LGBTQ equality. SPLC has detailed ACPeds’ history as a splinter fringe organization whose express purpose is to attack LGBTQ people:<blockquote style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 25px 30px 10px; margin: 20px 20px 25px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 6px 0px -4px; clear: both;">ACPeds was founded in 2002 by a small breakaway group of about 60 ultra-conservatives from the 60,000-plus member American Academy of Pediatrics, the foremost national professional organization regarding pediatrics in the country. Initially, the group was formed as a protest to AAP’s support of LGBT adoption rights. In the 14 years since its founding, ACPeds has continued to pump out demonizing pseudoscience and falsehoods about LGBT people, often parroting Paul Cameron, and calling homosexual relationships promiscuous, a danger to children, unstable, and claiming that LGBT people experience “shortened lifespans.”</blockquote>The March statement by ACPeds also claims that “conditioning children into believing that a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful is child abuse.” As ThinkProgress’ Zack Ford <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/hate-group-masquerading-as-pediatricians-attacks-transgender-youth-544e755c6a20#.ign41taq8" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">explained</a>, this claim is “completely refuted by all available scientific evidence.” But presumably due in no small part to its credible-sounding name, ACPeds’ harmful lies about pediatric care were quickly parroted by conservative outlets. The talking point spread far enough that <a href="http://www.snopes.com/americas-pediatricians-gender-kids/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Snopes.com</a> debunked it, writing, “It was an official-sounding but fringe group of politically motivated pediatricians who issued a statement on gender, not the respected American Academy of Pediatrics.”The extremist “<a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/25/what-alt-right-guide-white-nationalist-movement-now-leading-conservative-media/212643" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">alt-right</a>” website has continued to cite ACPeds as a legitimate source of medical information, using the statement as “evidence” to oppose basic protections for LGBTQ youth. Since ACPeds released the baseless “child abuse” claim in March, Breitbart has parroted the lie as fact in 19 different articles. Here are the headlines:  <ol style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#1. Gay Group Promotes ‘Gender Ideology’ For Children" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Gay Group Promotes ‘Gender Ideology’ For Children</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#2. Pope Francis: Gender Theory Part Of ‘Global War’ To Destroy Marriage" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pope Francis: Gender Theory Part Of ‘Global War’ To Destroy Marriage </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#3. Physicians Decry Pseudo-Science of Transgenderism, ‘Absurd’ to Say Anyone is Born Into ‘Wrong Body’" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Physicians Decry Pseudo-Science Of Transgenderism, ‘Absurd’ To Say Anyone Is Born Into ‘Wrong Body’</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#4. LGBT Groups Blast Pope Francis Over Gender Comments " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">LGBT Groups Blast Pope Francis Over Gender Comments </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#5. Pastor: Iowa Is Claiming Authority Over Church’s Teaching Of Christian Sexuality " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pastor: Iowa Is Claiming Authority Over Church’s Teaching Of Christian Sexuality </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#6. Criticism of Transgender Agenda Will Get Virginia Students Expelled " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Criticism Of Transgender Agenda Will Get Virginia Students Expelled </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#7. Washington State Schools Push ‘Gender Fluid,’ Transgender Ideas on K-12 Kids " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Washington State Schools Push ‘Gender Fluid,’ Transgender Ideas On K-12 Kids </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#8. Open Letter To Leaders: Gender Ideology ‘Putting Our Children At Risk’ " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Open Letter To Leaders: Gender Ideology ‘Putting Our Children At Risk’ </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#9. Pro-Gay Group Warns ‘Significant Risks’ In Transgender Medical Treatments For Children" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pro-Gay Group Warns ‘Significant Risks’ In Transgender Medical Treatments For Children</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#10. Vermont Schoolkids Resist Official Pressure For Transgender Favoritism " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Vermont Schoolkids Resist Official Pressure For Transgender Favoritism </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#11. Princeton Prof: Transgenderism Not Scientific, ‘Superstitious Belief’ " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Princeton Prof: Transgenderism Not Scientific, ‘Superstitious Belief’ </a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#11. Princeton Prof: Transgenderism Not Scientific, ‘Superstitious Belief’ " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pro-Family Leaders Condemn Administration’s Imposition Of ‘Abusive’ Transgender Policy </a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#13. Andrea Lafferty: Donald Trump and Others ‘Don’t Understand the Full Impact’ of ‘Gender Identity’ Ideology" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Andrea Lafferty: Donald Trump And Others ‘Don’t Understand The Full Impact’ Of ‘Gender Identity’ Ideology</a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#14. Pope Says No to Trans-Kids, Teach Young ‘to Accept Their Own Body as it Was Created’ " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pope Says No To Trans-Kids, Teach Young ‘To Accept Their Own Body As It Was Created’ </a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#15. Planned Parenthood Ignores Doctors’ Warnings of Transgender Dangers to Children" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Planned Parenthood Ignores Doctors’ Warnings Of Transgender Dangers To Children</a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#16. How The Washington Post Gets The North Carolina Anti-Trans Law Wrong " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">How The Washington Post Gets The North Carolina Anti-Trans Law Wrong </a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#17. North Carolina Passes Anti-Trans Bill, Corporate Bullies Circling " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">North Carolina Passes Anti-Trans Bill, Corporate Bullies Circling </a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#18. College of Pediatricians Calls Transgender Ideology ‘Child Abuse’ " style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">College Of Pediatricians Calls Transgender Ideology ‘Child Abuse’ </a></li><li class="rtejustify" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/16/19-times-breitbart-cited-discredited-hate-group-spread-harmful-lies-about-pediatric-medical-care/214839#19. Pediatricians Call Gender Discordance Conditioning Child Abuse" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none;">Pediatricians Call Gender Discordance Conditioning Child Abuse</a></li></ol>Two Breitbart authors -- who are bylined as “<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/author/dr-susan-berry/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Dr. Susan Berry</a>” and “<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/author/thomas-d-williams/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.</a>” -- wrote 13 of those 19 articles (seven and six, respectively). It’s unclear whether their titles are particularly relevant to the subject matter. According to his Breitbart biography, Williams “is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame University,” and his <a href="http://www.thomasdwilliams.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">personal website</a> biography says that he earned a doctorate in theology in Rome. Berry has no biographical information on Breitbart, including no information to indicate what sort of doctor she is. An <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141112113200/http:/www.breitbart.com/Columnists/Dr-Susan-Berry" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">archived version</a> of her columnist page from 2014 indicates that she has a doctorate in psychology, while a 2013 <a href="http://www.dariennewsonline.com/news/article/Psychologist-explains-gifted-children-s-traits-4435159.php" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">article</a> in Darien News reports that a clinical psychologist Susan Berry works “primarily with gifted children and adults.”<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 2px; clear: both; border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(0, 153, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a id="1. 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