Chlorpyrifos is so harmful that America banned its use on food. But a top EPA official made it clear that the U.S. was not ready to support similar protections for the rest of the world under a treaty that restricts pollutants that travel the globe.
When officials from around the world gathered in Rome last fall to consider whether to move forward with a proposed global ban on chlorpyrifos, the pest.
find it less in the environment. and briefly if you can, david, at the start of our conversation, we heard from the representative of samoa describing how acute the situation is in their country. what can be done right now? well, it depends who the question is directed to. for consumers, there are quite a number of ways to use less plastic. but the real thing that needs to be done is we need to produce less of it because as much as we produce, every parts of plastic that we produce, will find its way into the environment or into our bodies. so if we re serious about ending plastic pollution, this is what we can really do now. david azoulay, thank you so much for joining us. thank you. and still ahead, we go live to mars sort of. i ll explain when we come back. . yep, them too. it s an invigorating rush.
Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it