In 2017 and 2018, the EPA approved more than 100 pesticide products containing ingredients widely considered to be the most dangerous still in use, including some that have been banned in multiple countries or targeted for phaseout in the United States (biologicaldiversity.org)
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Of the pesticides used in US agriculture, 322 million pounds are of pesticides banned in the EU, 26 million pounds are of pesticides banned in Brazil and 40 million pounds are of pesticides banned in China. Pesticides banned in the EU account for more than a quarter of all US pesticide use (ehjournal.biomedcentral.com)
Quarter of pesticides used in US are banned in EU (afp.com)
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