John,

If you find out that the milk in your fridge is expired, you don't drag your feet, serving it to your friends and family, asking if they think it's actually gone spoiled -- you throw it out.

The same protocol should be followed for pesticides. We shouldn't wait around compiling reports while farm workers and consumers are unknowingly exposed to a chemical that could devastate their health.

But Congress is currently considering a provision that would prohibit agencies from taking swift action to remove potentially dangerous pesticides from circulation.1

Tell your U.S. senators: Don't make us wait while pesticides ruin lives.

This provision would bar agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from pulling potentially dangerous pesticides from the shelf without completing a full, updated risk assessment. These risk assessments can take up to 12 years.2

There's no good reason why we should have to face 12 days of unnecessary exposure, let alone 12 years.

This provision is moving quickly, so we must take immediate action.

Tell your U.S. senators: Agencies can't afford to drag their feet when it comes to dangerous pesticides.

Just last year, the EPA was able to take swift action and suspend the sale of the pesticide Dacthal (DCPA) when it was found to threaten the health of babies exposed in utero.3

Had the EPA been required to complete an updated risk assessment, babies suffering from Dacthal exposure could still be being born today (and might for years to come).

When our health is at stake, we shouldn't have to wait: Contact your U.S. senators today.

Thank you for taking action,

Faye Park
President

1. "New bill keeps dangerous pesticides in use longer," PIRG, July 25, 2025.
2. "New bill keeps dangerous pesticides in use longer," PIRG, July 25, 2025.
3. Hiroko Tabuchi, "E.P.A. Pulls From the Market a Weedkiller Harmful to Fetuses," The New York Times, August 6, 2024.

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