Judah Prero Quoted on Consumer Challenges to EPA-Approved Pesticides
Bloomberg Law
Counsel Judah Prero was quoted on recent legal challenges to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval and registration of three new active pesticide ingredients that environmental groups say are harmful due to their designations as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Judah said that alleging the pesticides are harmful merely because of their PFAS categorization is unlikely to succeed. He added that in the past, consumer advocates have GENERALLY been unsuccessful when challenging product safety on the SOLE basis that the products are made with PFAS.
ANY claim that the EPA had approved an unsafe product would need to provide BE SUPPORTED BY scientific evidence and documentation that the agency failed to comprehensively study the risks AS LEGALL REQUIRED, he said.
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