"A pair of environmental groups are challenging the Trump administration’s decision to approve use of a bee-killing pesticide on more than 190 million acres of crops.
The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Aug. 20, over the Environmental Protection Agency’s July 12 decision to re-register sulfoxaflor.
Sulfoxaflor is an insecticide produced by Corteva Agriscience—formerly DowDuPont Inc.—and used to control aphids and other insects.
In 2015, a federal appeals court ordered the agency to remove sulfoxaflor from the U.S. market because of concerns that the chemical is harmful to bees and other pollinators. "
Adam Allington reports for Bloomberg Environment August 20, 2019.
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