据美国环保署消息，美国环保署发布通报，就有关农药毒死蜱对人类健康的潜在风险发布了一项评估，并开始征求意见。
评估结果表明，毒死蜱农药产品对操作人员构成一定的风险。美国环保署认为，有必要限制毒死蜱的使用以保护使用或在毒死蜱处理过的区域附近工作的人员，以及保护饮用水源。美国环保署将制定减少此类风险的措施。
部分原文报道如下：
WASHINGTON -Today, EPA is releasing an assessment for public comment on the potential for human health risk of the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
This assessment shows some risks to workers who mix, load and apply chlorpyrifos pesticide products. When used in large amounts, chlorpyrifos has the potential to pose risks in limited geographic areas when drinking water from small watersheds. There were no additional risks from pesticide exposures in food or exposures to bystanders and workers from airborne chlorpyrifos. The latest USDA pesticide residue data show no concerns for chlorpyrifos in food, with the pesticide detected in less than 1% of samples.
