Mandate to Protect Human Health and the Environment Threatened
By Pesticide Action Network of North America

In 1996, under the Food Quality Protection Act, Congress gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 10 years to complete its assessment of the health impacts of hundreds of pesticides being used in homes, gardens and agriculture. The most acutely hazardous neurotoxic pesticides – the organophosphates (OPs) and carbamates — were the first group to be evaluated under EPA's review process.