The insecticide details now up for public review

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its draft risk assessments for chlorpyrifos for public review. These draft risk assessments are the next stage in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration review process.

The draft risk assessments come from an exhaustive evaluation of available data on chlorpyrifos’s health and environmental impacts. Full details about the potential risks and EPA’s methods for estimating them can be found within the revised human health and draft ecological risk assessments located on the Agency’s website.

EPA will take public comment on the draft risk assessments (DRAs) when it issues its Proposed Interim Decision (PID) in October 2020. The PID, which is the next step in the FIFRA process, will outline potential risk management options for the insecticide to address any potential risks or concerns identified in the DRAs. EPA will review and respond to comments for both documents prior to issuing an Interim Decision.