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Date: June 18, 2019 at 09:39:20
From: snodrop, [DNS_Address]
Subject: EPA will allow use of pesticide harmful to bees |
URL: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/448970-epa-will-allow-use-of-pesticide-harmful-to-bees |
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday
it will allow states to use a pesticide that is
harmful to bees.
The agency made an emergency exception for 11 states
to use sulfoxaflor on cotton and sorghum crops.
“The only emergency here is the Trump EPA’s reckless
approval of this dangerous bee-killing pesticide,”
Lori Ann Burd, environmental health director at the
Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement.
“It’s sickening that even amid the current insect
apocalypse, the EPA’s priority is protecting pesticide
industry profits.”
A study published in Nature last year found
sulfoxaflor inhibited bumblebee reproduction.
According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the
emergency declaration has been used for four
consecutive years in most of the states.
Sulfoxaflor’s use was temporarily barred after a
lawsuit from beekeepers in 2015, but the EPA in 2016
changed its instructions for how to use the pesticide
in a way designed to reduce the impact on bees. Cotton
and sorghum were not included in the directive.
The EPA’s Office of Inspector General wrote in a
report last year that the agency did not have
processes in place to determine how its emergency
measures impact human and environmental health.
An EPA spokesperson said the emergency exemption was
granted with public safety in mind, as well as the
needs of farmers.
"This decision is based in part on information from
the states demonstrating an urgent need and a lack of
available alternatives to address the pest pressures
within their states. Mitigation measures will be put
in place to minimize exposure and reduce the potential
for unreasonable risks to the environment. The
approvals include advisory guidance for protecting
bees, and users must also follow all existing EPA
guidance for pollinator protection," an EPA
spokesperson said.
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Date: June 18, 2019 at 15:56:14
From: pamela, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: EPA will allow use of pesticide harmful to bees |
URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Environmental-Protection-Agency |
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More and more EPA just loves to bed with criminals. But can you imagine it was started by Nixon. "I am not a crook".... http://r.duckduckgo.com/l/?kh=-1&uddg=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-Qam1M-_GRNo%2FT0rPSbStzvI%2FAAAAAAAAqms%2FlilfnrmFYww%2Fs1600%2FNixon%2Bnot%2Ba%2Bcrook.jpg
Shameful the bees and other insects are suffering and will suffer still.
I just had to have some xpert bee people come out and extract honey bees which had set up their colony in my back porch... they were already in the wall and then going into the porch to set up more space to expand..what a job that was- but safe for the bees-
a very long involved process and taken to safety where their colony can continue on. If anyone was wondering where all the bees went to--they were at my place~!
I had to do an intervention on their bee-half - when the landlords thought they were hornets- and were going to spray them--omg! So I went and took pictures of them and also contacted a trusted non profit company here.
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Date: June 18, 2019 at 15:37:41
From: Logan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: EPA will allow use of pesticide harmful to bees |
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