美國環保署裁定11日宣佈，不論進口或國內所生產，市售食品均不得驗出化學農藥「加保扶」（carbofuran）殘留。
空中噴灑農藥的作業方式。圖片來源：美國農業部
加保扶即台灣常見農藥「好年冬」，是一種「氨基甲酸鹽類」殺蟲劑與殺線蟲藥，登記用途是控制土壤與各種田間穀物及蔬果葉片上的害蟲，但不包括在民宅使用。
如今，美國環保署決議「加保扶對飲食、勞動者與生態造成的風險，都是不能接受的。」
環保署將會將含有加保扶殘留物的食品下架、包括所有的進口食品以保護人們，特別是兒童的飲食安全，環保署11日表示，說最終的目標是全面停止販售此殺蟲劑，但是這個目標沒有具體時間表。
為了保護施用殺蟲劑的民眾與在施藥區棲息的鳥類，該機構正著手取消了所有現有加保扶的登記與證照。
即使登記有案的加保扶製造商FMC，自願在2009年3月18日起回收22種含有此種殺蟲劑的產品，環保署仍認為這個行動沒辦法解決所有加保扶所帶來的風險。
FMC以Furadan品牌販賣加保扶，該公司認為環保署對於此殺蟲劑的風險誇大其詞，忽視了這是現有最好的科學方案。
過去肯亞曾發生獅子遭受毒害的案例，其元兇正是Furadan。FMC主管表示，在第一份毒害獅子的報告出爐之後，該公司便停止供貨至肯亞，並在肯亞執行產品回收與重新買回的行動──儘管地方仍傳出Furadan未完全下架上的消息。
另外，Furadan在坦尚尼亞洲和烏干達已全面停止鋪貨。
Traces of the pesticide carbofuran can no longer remain on food sold in the United States, whether domestic or imported, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
Carbofuran is an N-methyl carbamate insecticide and nematicide that has been registered by the environmental agency to control pests in soil and on leaves in a variety of field, fruit, and vegetable crops. No residential uses are registered.
Now, EPA has concluded that "dietary, worker, and ecological risks are unacceptable for all uses of carbofuran."
The agency's action will eliminate residues of carbofuran in food, including all imports, in a move to protect people, especially children, from dietary risk. EPA said today that "ultimately" it will act to remove this pesticide from the market but gave no target date.
EPA is canceling all remaining carbofuran registrations, or licenses, which will address risks to pesticide applicators and birds in treated fields.
While the registered manufacturer, FMC Corporation, voluntarily withdrew 22 uses of this pesticide effective March 18, 2009, this action "does not address all carbofuran risks," said the EPA.
FMC, which manufactures and sells carbofuran under the brand name Furadan, maintains that EPA has exaggerated the risks of the pesticide and ignored the best available science.
Furadan is the same chemical that is responsible for the poisoning of lions in Kenya.
FMC officials said that after the initial reports of lion poisoning in the Masai Mara Reserve last year, no product was sent to Kenya. Withdrawal of the pesticide and buy back of existing supplies is taking place in Kenya, the company said, although local areas report Furadan is still on the shelves. No more product is being distributed to Tanzania and Uganda.
