A federal judge has ruled against the Fish and Wildlife Service, ordering them to assess the impact of five widely-used pesticides on endangered species. This landmark decision addresses years of regulatory delays in evaluating how these chemicals affect vulnerable wildlife. The ruling targets five pesticides—atrazine, chlorpyrifos, diazinon, carbaryl, and simazine—which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has already found harm a significant percentage of protected species. Most alarmingly, chlorpyrifos affects 97% of endangered species, while carbaryl impacts 91%. “This ruling will force the Trump Fish and Wildlife Service to take action to stop these dangerous pesticides from driving imperiled species like … Continue reading Court Mandates Evaluation of Pesticides’ Threat to Endangered Wildlife