Article: USE OF POPULAR PESTICIDE HALTED FOR SOME FOODS COMPANY'S AGREEMENT WITH EPA APPLIES TO 10 FRUITS, VEGETABLES.(News/National/International)

Byline: Robert Greene Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The maker of a widely used pesticide has agreed to halt its use on apples and nine other fruits and vegetables because of data showing a higher cancer risk than previously thought, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday.

The chemical propargite is being withdrawn for use on these fruits and vegetables as part of a voluntary agreement reached between the EPA and Uniroyal Chemical Co. of Middlebury, Conn., the chemical's only producer.

The action against the mite-killing chemical comes on the eve of the spring growing season.

Environmentalists generally praised the ...

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