Our bees need protecting. Daniel Lane photo
Last Thursday, four beekeepers and five environmental and consumer groups filed a public interest lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its failure to protect pollinators from dangerous pesticides. The coalition, represented by attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS), seeks suspension of the registrations of insecticides that have repeatedly been identified as highly toxic to honey bees, clear causes of major bee kills and significant contributors to the devastating ongoing mortality of bees known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). The suit not only challenges EPA’s handling of the pesticides, but also raises concerns over the agency’s practice of “conditional registration” and pesticide labeling deficiencies. Continue Reading →
