EPA Hopes New Inspection Guidance Will Inform Pollinator Assessments

摘要

EPA has issued an inspection guidance to help state regulators determine whether pesticides are responsible for specific incidents of bee kills, recommendations expected to increase state investigations of bee deaths and provide EPA with needed data on the role of pesticides in incidents for use in future risk assessments. In a May 9 memo, Lisa Lund, director of EPA's Office of Compliance calls the new "Guidance for Inspecting Alleged Cases of Pesticide-Related Bee Deaths" an important element of the agency's plan to work with beekeepers, growers, states and pesticide manufacturers to enhance pollinator protection.