California Bans Widely Used Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children

California will ban the sale of a widely used agricultural pesticide starting early next year, citing links between chlorpyrifos and brain damage and other health problems in children.

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, file photo, grapes just picked are in a bin in Napa, Calif. A widely used agricultural pesticide that California environmental officials have said has been linked to brain damage in children will be banned after next year under an agreement reached with the manufacturer, state officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The pesticide is used on numerous crops in the nation's largest agriculture-producing state, including alfalfa, almonds, citrus, cotton, grapes and walnuts. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

State officials on Wednesday announced the ban, which will kick in on Feb. 6. Farmers will not be allowed to possess or use the pesticide after Dec. 31, 2020.

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