Agriculture Groups Urge EPA to Uphold Science-Based Pesticide Review Process

A coalition of leading agricultural organizations today sent a letter to Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), urging the agency to uphold its rigorous, science-based pesticide registration process and ensure timely reviews under federal law.

The letter expresses support for the goals of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement and the MAHA Commission’s Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, while emphasizing that access to safe, effective, and innovative crop protection tools is essential to achieving those goals. The organizations highlight that science-based pesticide approvals are critical not only to food security and affordability, but also to the long-term sustainability of U.S. agriculture enabling growers to protect yields, use inputs efficiently, reduce losses, and continue investing in environmental stewardship and innovation.

The groups emphasize the importance of EPA meeting its statutory obligations under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA). They note that prolonged delays in pesticide registrations and approvals place U.S. farmers at a competitive disadvantage, limit access to new technologies, and undermine the ability of producers across sectors to sustainably meet consumer demand.