EPA director Scott Pruitt signed an order denying the agency's own proposal to ban chlorpyrifos, according to a Wednesday afternoon press release. "We need to provide regulatory certainty to the thousands of American farms that rely on chlorpyrifos, while still protecting human health and the environment,” Pruitt said in written statement. “By reversing the previous Administration’s steps to ban one of the most widely used pesticides in the world, we are returning to using sound science in decision-making – rather than predetermined results.”
中文叫毒死蜱。根據香港消費者委員會的報告，含有“毒死蜱”的蔬菜要在開水煮至少一分鍾，再倒走煮過菜的水，才能將農藥清除。
