( August 25, 2025, 1:02 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed an answer to a petition for writ of mandamus in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that it has not unreasonably delayed action in responding to a 2021 administrative petition filed by environmental groups that seek food tolerance revocations and pesticide registration cancellations for 15 organophosphates. The EPA contends that the groups have not shown that they are entitled to the extraordinary remedy of a writ of mandamus....