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- Title
When enough data are not enough to enact policy: The failure to ban chlorpyrifos.
- Authors
Trasande, Leonardo
- Abstract
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. 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. This manuscript describes the costs and consequences of this policy failure and notes how this case study is emblematic of a broader dismissal of scientific evidence and attacks on scientific norms. Scientists have a responsibility to rebut and decry these serious challenges to human health and scientific integrity.
- Subjects
CHLORPYRIFOS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of pesticides; FETAL brain abnormalities; COGNITIVE ability
- Publication
PLoS Biology, 2017, Vol 15, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1544-9173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.2003671