EPA under Trump did not approve pesticide Trinidadian
Question asked:
“The EPA under the Trump administration approved the use of the pesticide known as Trinidadian, which is a known carcinogen.”
Summary
The EPA under the Trump administration approved several pesticides that contain PFAS “forever chemicals,” such as trifludimoxazin, but there is no record of a pesticide called “Trinidadian” being approved. No credible source links a pesticide named Trinidadian to EPA approval or identifies it as a known carcinogen.
Sources 60 searched
- Forever chemicals and pesticides under Trump: what to know | AFP.com
Since returning to power, President Donald Trump's administration has approved five pesticides considered by many to be PFAS "forever chemicals," a class of toxic substances facing bans and increasing restrictions around the world. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an alternative definition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that excludes the new herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, and says they pose no threat to human health.
- Trump EPA Releases Strongest Enforcement and Compliance Results in Years | US EPA
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing enforcement and compliance assurance results for Fiscal Year 2025 and preliminary results for the first year of the Trump Administration.
- PFAS pesticides approved after EPA changes definition of toxicity | CNN
During the Biden presidency, the EPA approved one new PFAS pesticide. The new EPA approvals angered members of the “Make America Healthy Again,” or MAHA movement, which had originally rallied behind the Trump administration’s promises ...
- Trump administration approves controversial pesticides
The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international definition, though the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is disputing the characterization.
- EPA approves pesticides with 'forever chemicals'
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA approves fluorocarbon pesticides The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be c…
- Trump EPA is manipulating safety data around a highly toxic flame retardant, advocates allege | US Environmental Protection Agency | The Guardian
While European agencies and ... say is a highly unusual approach to conclude that it is not carcinogenic at levels it suggests the US public and children are exposed to....
- Trump Administration Sued for Approving ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide Trifludimoxazin - Center for Biological Diversity
The EPA acknowledges that trifludimoxazin causes thyroid tumors in rodent studies but did not assess the cancer risk to farmworkers who use the pesticide or to people exposed to trifludimoxazin-contaminated food or water.
- ‘Unconscionable, Immoral, and Illegal’: Lawsuit Targets Trump Approval of Cancer-Causing Forever Chemical | Common Dreams
The groups argue that the EPA approved the use of trifludimoxazin without accounting for evidence that the pesticide could cause cancer and harm wildlife and ecosystems.
- Center for Food Safety | Press Releases | | Trump's EPA Approves More Hazardous Pesticides
Studies show that both pesticides produce tumors in laboratory rodents, yet EPA dismissed the evidence and classified both as "not likely to be carcinogenic to humans." Fluoxapiprolin caused uterine cancer and thymus gland tumors in female rats, ...
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