Center for Biological Diversity: Trump EPA OKs 'Emergency' Use of Bee-killing Pesticide on 13.9 Million Acres
June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
The Environmental Protection Agency announced so-called "emergency" approvals today to spray sulfoxaflor -- an insecticide it considers "very highly toxic" to bees -- on nearly 14 million acres of crops known to attract bees.
The approval includes 2019 crops of cotton and sorghum in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississ . . .
The Environmental Protection Agency announced so-called "emergency" approvals today to spray sulfoxaflor -- an insecticide it considers "very highly toxic" to bees -- on nearly 14 million acres of crops known to attract bees.
The approval includes 2019 crops of cotton and sorghum in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississ . . .