>>> WE'RE BACK NOW, 7:43, WITH  
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY 
OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES YOU
ARE FEEDING YOUR FAMILY.        
>> THIS HAS TO DO WITH A WIDELY 
USED AND VERY CONTROVERSIAL     
PESTICIDE.                      
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WAS    
TRYING TO BAN IT, BUT NOW THE   
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING 
THE BRAKES ON THAT, SAYING IT   
WANTS TO HELP FARMERS.          
NBC NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT      
MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS MORE ON     
THIS.                           
MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING.           
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS, GOOD    
MORNING.                        
HERE AT THE MARKET WHERE THEY   
SELL ORGANIC PRODUCE, APPLES AND
ORANGES ARE PESTICIDE-FREE, BUT 
FINDING ORGANIC CAN BE DIFFICULT
AND IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS MORE    
EXPENSIVE.                      
THIS AS THERE'S GROWING         
CONTROVERSY OVER A WIDELY USED  
PESTICIDE THAT SOME RESEARCH    
SHOWS MAY BE HARMFUL TO         
CHILDREN.                       
MANY OF THE FRUITS AND          
VEGETABLES YOU AND YOUR KIDS EAT
TODAY FIRST ARE TREATED TO A    
REGULAR DOSE OF SUN, WATER AND  
PESTICIDES.                     
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, CITRUS   
GROWER JOHN GLASS HAS DEPENDED  
ON CHLORPYRIFOS, A PESTICIDE    
SOME STUDIES SUGGEST MAY BE     
DAMAGING TO A CHILD'S BRAIN.    
>> I THINK THAT'S RIDICULOUS.   
>> Reporter: USING WATER AS THE 
SUBSTITUTE, GLASS SHOWED US HOW 
                                
CHLORPYRIFOS, A NEUROTOXIN, IS  
APPLIED.                        
>> IF YOU DO THE PROPER         
APPLICATION WITH MATERIAL, IT'S 
SAFE.                           
>> Reporter: FARMERS SAY        
CHLORPYRIFOS IS THE SAFEST      
AVAILABLE.                      
NOW THEY ARE RELIEVED TO HEAR   
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP THE EPA   
WON'T BAN CHLORPYRIFOS REVERSING
EFFORTS BY THE OBAMA            
ADMINISTRATION.                 
PATTY GOLDMAN REPRESENTS        
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WHO SUED   
THE EPA.                        
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.  
EPA HAS MADE FINDINGS FOR       
TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS NOW THAT   
THE PESTICIDE IS UNSAFE AND     
PARTICULARLY UNSAFE FOR         
CHILDREN.                       
>> Reporter: IN 2000, THE EPA   
BANNED CHLORPYRIFOS IN MANY     
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS LIKE         
INSECTICIDES AFTER RESEARCH     
SHOWS IT CAUSED NAUSEA AND      
DIZZINESS IN CHILDREN.          
LATER CHILDREN EXPOSED          
PRENIGHTLY HAD INCREASED ODDS OF
                                
DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS.        
>> THE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO THIS 
CHEMICAL ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS.          
>> Reporter: IN 2013 OBAMA'S EPA
PROPOSED TO BAN THIS PESTICIDE  
IN ALL FOODS, THOUGH THE OWN    
SCIENTIFIC ADVISER POSED THIS   
WAS INCONCLUSIVE.               
LAST WEEK SCOTT PRUITT AGREED   
THAT USING CHLORPYRIFOS         
CONCLUDING THE RESEARCH REMAINS 
UNRESOLVED.                     
THE CEO OF DOW CHEMICAL, THE    
MAKER OF THE PESTICIDE, SEEN    
HERE WITH THE PRESIDENT         
APPLAUDED THE DECISION.         
THE COMPANY SAYING IT IS        
CONFIDENT IN THE HEALTH AND     
SAFETY OF ITS PRODUCT.          
CHLORPYRIFOS IS ONE OF THE WORLD
                                
WORLD'S MOST WIDELY USED        
PESTICIDE.                      
HERE IN THE U.S., IT IS USED ON 
50 CROPS FROM BUS ZELL SPROUTS  
TO ALMONDS.                     
BUT THIS WORRIES MOMS LIKE      
NATALIE DALIA.                  
>> IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS 
A PARENT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR      
CHILDREN ARE CONSUMING, KNOW    
WHAT IS GOING INSIDE YOUR BODY. 
>> I HAVE THREE LITTLE KIDS, AND
WE PUT AN ORANGE OR A MANDARIN  
IN THEIR LUNCH EVERY DAY.       
AND YES, IT HAS BEEN SPRAYED    
WITH THIS MATERIAL.             
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS.            
>> Reporter: THOUGH THE         
PESTICIDE IS CONTROVERSIAL, THE 
EPA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE 
USED BY FARMERS ACROSS THE      
COUNTRY AS MORE STUDIES ARE     
CONDUCTED.                      
MEANTIME THIS MORNING, THE USDA 
IS ALSO WEIGHING IN, SAYING THE 
EPA'S DECISION IS GROUNDED IN   
