States back challenge of US EPA insecticide approval

摘要

California, New York and eight other US states are backing a lawsuit filed by environmentalists challenging the EPA’s approval of sulfoxaflor. They argue that the Agency had failed to fully consider the risks to bees and other pollinators from legal uses of the insecticide. The states echo claims that the EPA has violated federal pesticide law and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), alleging that it has failed to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the registration. They also say that the Agency ignored its obligation to ensure that legal uses of the pesticide are not a risk to endangered species.