U.S. Department of Agriculture emails with American Farm Bureau Federation, CropLife America, Dow, and FMC concerning pesticides. We submitted this FOIA to get information about EPA’s decision to deny a petition to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, despite Obama Administration concluding that the pesticide may cause birth defects.

American Oversight today filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force the release of documents and communications regarding Administrator Scott Pruitt’s decision on March 29th to overrule Agency scientists and permit the continued use of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos.

American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) today launched a joint investigation into the March 29, 2017 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

FOIA to USDA seeking communications regarding the decision to overrule EPA scientists and allow the continued use of chlorpyrifos.