Pollinators Increasingly Disappearing from Pesticide Overuse and Lax Oversight
December 17, 2024
December 17, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release:
Today Earthjustice, on behalf of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to swiftly correct flaws in its framework for assessing pesticide risks to pollinators. Currently, the EPA only requires pesticide manufacturers to submit limited data concerning pesticide impacts on adult honey bees. The result is that the . . .
Today Earthjustice, on behalf of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to swiftly correct flaws in its framework for assessing pesticide risks to pollinators. Currently, the EPA only requires pesticide manufacturers to submit limited data concerning pesticide impacts on adult honey bees. The result is that the . . .