The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency not to approve the first outdoor food uses of chlormequat chloride on oats and other crops grown in the U.S. due to risks to children's health. Further, no U.S. tolerances should be established for those same crops.
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