League of United Latin American Citizens v. Andrew Wheeler (9th Cir. No. 19-71979/19-71982)
On December 13, 2019, the Clinic submitted an amicus brief in a 9th Circuit case challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to ban agricultural uses of the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos. The brief explains that a significant body of research from both epidemiological and animal studies has demonstrated that children are vulnerable to long-lasting neurological harm from exposure to chlorpyrifos during pregnancy, even at levels far below the current tolerances permitted by EPA. This brief builds on a previous one that the Clinic filed in an earlier round of litigation (League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. Pruitt (9th Cir. No. 17-71636), filed February 13, 2018).