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S. 1187

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A bill to prevent childhood exposure to chlorpyrifos through certain school meal programs.
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · April 11, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
April 11, 2019
Sponsor
Sen. Kirsten GillibrandD
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Safe School Meals for Kids Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to ban from the school meal programs all food that has been treated with chlorpyrifos or has a chlorpyrifos residue greater than 0.001 micrograms per kilogram of food. (Chlorpyrifos is a pesticide that some studies have linked to developmental disabilities in children.)

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