Rural Coalition et al. v. EPA et al.

Administrative
Farmers, Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups
EPA, Andrew Wheeler
Herbicide, Atrazine, Simazine, Propazine
October 30, 2020
United States, Washington, DC

On October 30, 2020, a public interest group formed by the associations Rural Coalition, Beyond Pesticides, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety and the…

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Carmela Zamora Avila, Reymundo Arciniega Herrara v. Corteva

Civil court
Farm/rural workers
Dow Chemical, Corteva, City of Avenal, John A. Kochergen Properties, Westside Harvesting
Chlorpyrifos, Insecticide, Organophosphate
October 27, 2020
United States

Parents say their daughter Britney, now 13, was exposed to chlorpyrifos in the womb, through contaminated drinking water,…

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CBD et al v. EPA et al

Civil court
Environmental NGOs, Health/Food groups
EPA
Fungicide, Inpyrfluxam, Ethaboxam, Metalaxyl
October 23, 2020
United States, San Francisco

CFS and CBD challenge the EPA’s approval of inpyrfluxam, a toxic new fungicide,…

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CIVB v. Alerte aux Toxiques et al.

Criminal court
Economic stakeholders
Valérie Murat, NGO Alerte aux Toxiques
All
October 21, 2020
France, Libourne

On 25 February 2021, the Libourne Court of First Instance ordered Valérie Murat and the NGO Association Alerte aux Toxiques to pay €125,000…

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Delifruit v. European Commission

EU court
Economic stakeholders
European Commission
Insecticide, Organophosphate, Chlorpyrifos, Chlorpyrifos-methyl
October 15, 2020
European Union, Luxembourg

Delifruit seeks the partial annulment of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1085 in so far as it establishes the maximum residue levels for chlorpyrifos for bananas at 0.01 mg/kg….

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