AUSTRALIA will review its use of endosulfan after the US this month decided to phase out the insecticide. The US is the 60th country to deregister the chemical and asserted it could cause nerve damage and reproductive complications in farm workers.
The US Environmental Protection Agency said the chemical created "significant risks to wildlife and agricultural workers" which outweighed "limited benefits to growers".
Endosulfan is used to control insects by macadamia, cotton and fruit growers.
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