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\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, May 23, 2019) On Monday in the conclusion of a lawsuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final notices of cancellation<\/a> on the registration of twelve neonicotinoid pesticide products in the Federal Register, each of which contains chlothianidin or thiamathoxam as an active ingredient. The decision to pull these products from the market was required as part of a legal settlement under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in December 2018 of a successful case<\/a>,\u00a0Ellis v. EPA,<\/em> brought by beekeeper Steve Ellis and a coalition of other beekeepers and environmental groups, including Beyond Pesticides. The case establishes a legal precedent in which the court required action to address the bee-toxic effects of pesticides; however, the effect of the settlement and its impact on overall neonicotinoid and other systemic insecticide use is limited.<\/p>\n

For all but two of the twelve canceled products, a nearly identical surrogate remains actively registered. Furthermore, the fact remains that there are hundreds more products containing the active ingredients targeted by the lawsuit that have not been removed in any capacity \u2013 106 products containing clothianidin and 95 containing thiamethoxam remain untouched on the market. Breaking down the impacts of the EPA ruling even further, there are several eerily similar classes of insecticides that operate the same way neonicotinoids do that remain untouched by regulation. The sulfoxamine insecticide sufloxaflor, for example, is functionally identical to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid<\/a>, which negatively impacts foraging and immune responses in bees. Even at low levels, sulfoxaflor impairs reproduction and reduces bumblebee colony size<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the originating lawsuit, filed in 2013, plaintiffs made a number of claims<\/strong><\/a> related to EPA\u2019s failure to protect pollinators from dangerous pesticides, its poor oversight of the bee-killing pesticides clothianidin<\/strong><\/a> and thiamethoxam,<\/strong><\/a> and its practice of \u201cconditional registration,\u201d as well as labeling deficiencies. Plaintiffs noted that the subject pesticides<\/strong><\/a> \u201chave been shown to adversely impact the survival, growth, and health of honey bees and other pollinators vital to U.S. agriculture\u201d and have \u201charmful effects on other animals, including threatened and endangered species.\u201d<\/p>\n

“The federal pesticide law is a weak statute and offers limited protection for bees, the ecosystem, and public health” said Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides. “People are taking matters into their own hands by adopting practices around their homes and community-wide and purchasing products that are protective of bees, the environment and people,” he continued.<\/p>\n

In May 2017, a federal judge ruled<\/strong><\/a> that EPA violated the Endangered Species Act when it issued 59 neonicotinoid insecticide registrations between 2007 and 2012 for pesticide products containing clothianidin and thiamethoxam.\u00a0U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney rejected the claims of intervenors (pesticide producers) that the plaintiffs had not established causation between the subject pesticides and the harm to plaintiffs. But rather than order EPA to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) \u2014 a requirement when a pesticide is registered (so as to reduce risks to endangered species) \u2014 the judge directed the parties, including the plaintiffs, defendant EPA, and intervenor Bayer CropScience, to move forward with a settlement conference to resolve the disputes. The result: a compromise solution with, at best, weakly protective impacts.\u00a0The court ruling denied plaintiffs’ claims under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the nation’s pesticide control law, that EPA had a statutory duty to suspend cited bee-toxic pesticides, as established in an\u00a0emergency legal petition<\/a>\u00a0filed in March 2012. The judge said that the court lacked jurisdiction due to conflicting laws or EPA\u2019s actions were not \u201capprovals\u201d subject to court challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Meridian 0.20G<\/td>\nMeridian 0.33G & Meridian 25WG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meridian 0.14G<\/td>\nMeridian 0.33G & Meridian 25WG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Activa Complete Corn 500<\/td>\nActiva Complete Corn 250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THX\/MXM\/FDL\/TBZ FS<\/td>\nTHX\/MXM\/FDL\/TBZ\/SDX FS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adage Delux<\/td>\nAdage St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adage Premier<\/td>\nAdage St<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inovate Seed Protectant<\/td>\nInovate Pro Seed Protectant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inovate Neutral Seed Protectant<\/td>\nInovate Pro Seed Protectant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aloft GC G Insecticide<\/td>\nAloft GC SC Insecticide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flower, Rose & Shrub Care III<\/td>\nFlower, Rose & Shrub Care II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Systemic insecticide-treated seeds are pervasive and widely used across the agricultural landscape, home gardens, and public spaces. Of the two most widely planted crops in the U.S., between 79 to 100 percent of corn seed and 34 to 44 percent of soybean seed were treated with neonicotinoids in 2011. A conservative estimate<\/strong><\/a> of the area planted with neonic-treated corn, soybean, and cotton seed totals just over 100 million acres, or 57 percent of the entire area for these crops.<\/p>\n

Pollinators are far from the only victims of ubiquitous systemic insecticide contamination. In a recent avian risk assessment, EPA scientists found that neonicotinoids present in treated seeds exceeds the agency\u2019s level of concern for certain birds by as much as 200-fold. A 2017 study<\/a> by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan confirmed that tiny amounts of neonicotinoids \u2013 the equivalent of just four treated canola seeds, for example \u2013 are enough to cause migrating songbirds to lose their sense of direction and become emaciated. Recent research<\/a> uncovered the endocrine-disrupting health impacts of imidacloprid on white-tailed deer, leaving the disturbing open question: if large mammals are feeling the impacts, are humans as well?<\/p>\n

In light of the\u00a0shortcomings of federal action\u00a0to protect pollinators, wildlife, and people, it is left up to the public to establish safe havens by creating pesticide-free habitat and educating others to do the same. Get involved at the community level<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to pass policies that protect imperiled pollinators. Use Beyond Pesticides\u2019\u00a0resources and educational materials<\/strong><\/a>, including our\u00a0BEE Protective doorknob hangers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to get the word out. See Beyond Pesticides\u2019 series celebrating unsung wild pollinator heroes through the\u00a0Polli-NATION campaign<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Center for Food Safety<\/a><\/p>\n

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