US EPA approves aldicarb and streptomycin to combat citrus greening

摘要

The US EPA has approved the insecticide, aldicarb, and the antibiotic, streptomycin, for use on citrus trees to combat the invasive insects, Asian citrus psyllids (Diaphorina citri), that spread citrus-greening disease. The Agency touted its decisions-published on January 12th-as vital to ?ghting citrus greening, which has decimated groves in Florida and cost the industry billions of dollars, saying that the approvals were backed by “sound” science. “Human health risk assessments for both aldicarb and streptomycin are complete and present no risks of concern, including to young children,” according to the EPA.