The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health and ecological risk assessments for the fungicide chlorothalonil. EWG urges EPA to better protect farmworkers and children’s health by banning the use of chlorothalonil, a fungicide linked to cancer and harm to the hormonal system.
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