Government,
Environmental & Energy
Apr. 21, 2022
Regulator must reassess pet collar chemicals, circuit says
The Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of tetrachlorvinphos, or TCVPs.
The federal government must revise its assessment of the dangers of a class of chemicals often found in pet flea collars, a unanimous three judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
In 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to cancel the registration of tetrachlorvinphos, or TCVPs. The environmental group claimed the pesticides came out of the collars as ...
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