States Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Children From Pesticides

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States Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Children From Pesticides

The New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey Attorney Generals sued

the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on September 15 for failing to

protect children from the risks of eating food containing excessive pesticide

residues.

 

Children are far more susceptible to harm from pesticide residues on food

because they are growing rapidly, do not yet have the full metabolic

detoxification abilities that adults do, and consume more food for their body

size than adults.

 

The EPA's restriction on allowable pesticide residues in food were based on

standards using adult data until 1996, when Congress passed the Food Quality

Protection Act requiring the EPA to ensure that pesticide residue standards be

10 times stricter for children.

 

New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey are suing the EPA, asserting

that the EPA has failed to meet Congressional requirements to protect children

from the risks of consuming food with unhealthy pesticide

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