EPA Analysis Of Pesticides' Negligible Benefits Could Boost Calls For Ban

October 17, 2014
Environmentalists say a new EPA analysis that finds negligible benefits for soybean production from the use of controversial neonicotinoid pesticides could boost calls for prohibition of the substances that advocates blame for harming pollinators, though the agency cautions that the study is only part of an ongoing review of neonicotinoids. Whether neonicotinoid-treated seeds, a staple of modern agriculture, increase crop yields has been a central question in environmentalists' push for EPA to restrict neonicotinoid use and speed reviews of the...


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