Bayer Eyes Rare FIFRA Hearing To Challenge EPA Pesticide Cancellation

EPA's Office of Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) has scheduled a rare hearing for pesticide producer Bayer CropScience to challenge the agency's plan to cancel the pesticide flubendiamide, though the company is arguing that EPA's plan is based on “unlawful” authority and is calling for a more in-depth ALJ review process. EPA is seeking to quickly cancel flubendiamide , arguing the agency has long had concerns that the product's primary degradrate is "extremely toxic" to aquatic invertebrates, and that Bayer has...