Trump Administration Disregards Science, Trades Kids’ Brains for Dow Profit

Published Mar 31, 2017

On March 29, 2017, EPA head Scott Pruitt disregarded robust scientific evidence and announced that he would not ban a pesticide that poses a clear risk to children, farm workers, and rural drinking water users.

On March 29, 2017, EPA head Scott Pruitt announced that he would not ban a pesticide that poses a clear risk to children, farm workers, and rural drinking water users.

In doing so, the administration did an about-face on the science and handed a win to the pesticide’s maker, Dow AgroSciences, and a loss to pretty much everyone else.