EPA defends pesticide linked to brain damage in children

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is rejecting legal challenges by environmental groups seeking a ban of a pesticide linked to brain damage in children.
The EPA’s defense Thursday comes in response to an environmental group’s federal court fight to force the agency to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos (klor-PEER’-ih-fahs).
Scientists say studies show chlorpyrifos damages the brains of fetuses and children. The pesticide had been widely used nationally, bu