{"id":17597,"date":"2016-03-02T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=17597"},"modified":"2016-03-03T10:10:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T14:10:02","slug":"epa-moves-to-cancel-toxic-pesticide-it-allowed-without-complete-review-manufacturer-bayer-reneges-on-agreement-to-take-product-off-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2016\/03\/epa-moves-to-cancel-toxic-pesticide-it-allowed-without-complete-review-manufacturer-bayer-reneges-on-agreement-to-take-product-off-market\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Moves to Cancel Toxic Pesticide It Allowed without Complete Review,  Manufacturer, Bayer, Reneges on Agreement to Take Product Off Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>(Washington, DC, March 1, 2016)<\/em> After pesticide manufacturer Bayer CropScience would not voluntarily remove from the market the insecticide flubendiamide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally issued a <em>Notice of Intent to Cancel<\/em> the insecticide, citing its high toxicity to aquatic organisms. Bayer is embroiled in controversy over its neonicotinoid insecticides because, as systemic pesticides, they move through the entire plant and express the poison through pollen and nectar, indiscriminately killing bees and other pollinators and polluting waterways. Flubendiamide, a benzenedicarboxamide pesticide, is \u201clocally systemic\u201d within the plant\u2019s leaves. EPA\u2019s action today may take years of regulatory review and legal action while the pesticide remains on the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17461\" src=\"http:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bayerlogo.jpg\" alt=\"bayerlogo\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" align=\"Right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bayerlogo.jpg 225w, https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bayerlogo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>EPA used the controversial conditional registration provision of federal pesticide law, when in 2008 it allowed flubendiamide on the market, despite outstanding environmental data. At the time, it struck an agreement that, if unreasonable adverse effects on the environment were found, Bayer would withdraw the chemical\u2019s registration. Today\u2019s action serves to exemplify the consequences of allowing potentially harmful substances onto the market without all the information necessary to issue a complete finding of environmental and public safety. Because of EPA\u2019s long cancellation process, unless it takes the rare action of finding imminent hazard, it is standard practice at the agency to negotiate voluntary cancellations by pesticide manufacturers. EPA thought it was short circuiting this long process with its agreement, but Bayer has refused to remove the pesticide voluntarily. [Note: For instance, Reckitt Benckiser LLC, maker of D-Con and other rodenticides, refused to abide by EPA\u2019s 2013 cancellation order of 12 of its products for not meeting statutory standards even after the company refused to adopt risk mitigation measures established by EPA in 2008. The company challenged EPA\u2019s decision keeping products on shelves for over one year, even suing the state of California for enacting EPA\u2019s order to remove the products from shelves. Eventually, Reckitt Benckiser agreed to phase out production of the products under question in June 2014].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Since its conditional registration, studies showed that flubendiamide \u2014which is registered for use on over 200 crops, including soybeans, almonds, tobacco, peanuts, and cotton\u2014 is toxic to aquatic organisms, breaking down into a more highly toxic substance that harms organisms important to aquatic ecosystems, especially fish. The insecticide is also persistent in the environment. According to EPA, after being informed of the agency\u2019s findings on January 29, 2016, the manufacturers, Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., were asked to submit a request for voluntary cancellation by Friday, February 5, 2016. \u00a0Bayer has rejected the request and EPA\u2019s interpretation of the science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe prudent approach to protecting environmental health would be to halt conditional registrations of pesticides,\u201d said Jay Feldman, Beyond Pesticides\u2019 executive director. The Canadian \u00a0Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently decided to stop the practice.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/assets\/media\/documents\/Flubendiamide%20PR%20%282a%29.pdf\">Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington, DC, March 1, 2016) After pesticide manufacturer Bayer CropScience would not voluntarily remove from the market the insecticide flubendiamide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally issued a Notice of Intent to Cancel the insecticide, citing its high toxicity to aquatic organisms. Bayer is embroiled in controversy over its neonicotinoid insecticides because, as systemic pesticides, they move through the entire plant and express the poison through pollen and nectar, indiscriminately killing bees and other pollinators and polluting waterways. Flubendiamide, a benzenedicarboxamide pesticide, is \u201clocally systemic\u201d within the plant\u2019s leaves. EPA\u2019s action today may take years of regulatory review and legal action while the pesticide remains on the market. EPA used the controversial conditional registration provision of federal pesticide law, when in 2008 it allowed flubendiamide on the market, despite outstanding environmental data. At the time, it struck an agreement that, if unreasonable adverse effects on the environment were found, Bayer would withdraw the chemical\u2019s registration. Today\u2019s action serves to exemplify the consequences of allowing potentially harmful substances onto the market without all the information necessary to issue a complete finding of environmental and public safety. 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