States Raise Concerns On EPA Plan To Limit Bees' Pesticide Exposure

摘要

State regulators are raising early concerns about EPA's recently proposed two-part approach to reducing bees' exposure to dozens of acutely toxic pesticides, noting some states may lack resources and authority to support the pollinator protection plans that EPA is encouraging and that the mitigation they rely on may be unrealistic. EPA May 29 proposed the two-prong approach to protecting bees from acutely toxic pesticides, a first step in the agency's plan for implementing the administration's recently announced strategy for protecting bees by improving habitat and assessing risks from stressors on bee health, including pesticides.