It doesn’t seem like a big ask.

The stated mission of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) includes working to ensure that “Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended,” and to provide that “all parts of society … have access to accurate information” to manage human health risks.

So, adding cancer warnings on pesticide products containing ingredients the agency has found are linked to cancer should be a no-brainer. Right?

Think again.

Earlier this year, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety revealed that even when the EPA itself has designated pesticide ingredients as “probable” or “likely” to cause cancer, the agency rarely requires a cancer warning.

Today, the Center for Biological Diversity followed up by filing an “emergency petition” calling for an end to the EPA’s inaction.

In petitioning the agency, the Center for Biological Diversity is calling out years of EPA failures when it comes to warning the public about “known cancer risks associated with pesticides.”