Center for Environmental Health et al v. Scott Pruitt et al

Reference :

3:18-cv-03197

Complaint date :

May 30, 2018

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, Northern District of California

Plaintiffs types :

Health/Food groups, Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Center for Environmental Health, Center for Biological Diversity, Californians for Pesticide Reform

Defendants :

EPA, Other

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Jonathan Evans

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

Malathion, , Organophosphate

Requests :

Declare that EPA is violating its substantive and procedural duties by continuing registration of pesticide products and registering new pesticide products containing malathion; vacate EPA’s registrations of pesticide products containing malathion; Award Plaintiffs their costs and r easonable attorneys’ fees.

Name of the Court :

United States District Court of Northern District of California, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

5.30.2018, Plaintiffs sue the Trump administration and EPA chief Scott Pruitt for failing to protect endangered wildlife and the environment from the dangerous pesticide malathion.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.