Review of Bee Health

Ag Groups Join Neonic Seed Treatment Case

March 18, 2016

From: KTIC 840 Rural Radio

BY Chris Clayton/DTN-Progressive Farmer

Several major agricultural groups have opted to join a legal battle over neonicotinoid seed treatments and support the Environmental Protection Agency’s motion to dismiss the case originally brought by environmental groups and a handful of beekeepers.

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Further, the agricultural groups argue that EPA has conducted a vigorous review of seed treatments under the FIFRA law and found that seed treatments perform their “intended function without unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.”

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