Green Groups Sue EPA to Combat Bee-Killing Pesticide.

UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; NEONICOTINOIDS; POISONS; INSECTICIDES; SEED treatment

Green Gazette Two groups are suing the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) to demand thelabeling of seeds coated with neonicotinoids--insecticidesknown to kill bees.Without federal regulation, farmers currentlydecide whether to use neonicotinoids,but, as the Center for Food Safety andPesticide Action Network allege, many seedsescape labeling requirements. Meanwhile, their use in America has goneon unabated, despite a 2014 report fromthe EPA that noted, "[Neonicotinoid]seed treatments provide negligible overallbenefits to soybean production in mostsituations.". [Extracted from the article]

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