"Lawsuit Launched Over US EPA’s Approval of a New Insecticide"

"A group of environmental and food safety organizations will sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its approval of an insecticide that the groups say will harm threatened and endangered wildlife.

The Center for Biological Diversity, the Center for Food Safety and the Defenders of Wildlife sent a formal notice of intent to sue to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy this week claiming that by approving the insecticide flupyradifurone in January the agency is in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

'EPA’s registration of flupyradifurone — and its approval of three products containing flupyradifurone — will likely jeopardize federally-listed species and adversely modifies the critical habitat of listed species,' the letter said.

The EPA has 60 days to respond to the groups’ claims or the matter goes to court."

Brian Bienkowski reports for Environmental Health News March 18, 2015.