"EPA must analyze the effects of eight widely used pesticides and other chemicals on plants and animals under a settlement reached yesterday [Tuesday] with conservation groups.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America touted the court settlement as a legal victory.

It sets firm deadlines for EPA to conduct biological evaluations under the Endangered Species Act for a series of herbicides, rat poisons and pesticides, including atrazine, the second-most-used pesticide in America.

CBD says 75 million pounds of the chemicals are used across the country annually."

Jeremy P. Jacobs reports for Greenwire October 23, 2019. [2]