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Court vacates EPA registration for bee-killing chemical
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060024508[font face=Serif][font size=5]Court vacates EPA registration for bee-killing chemical [/font]
Tiffany Stecker, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Thursday, September 10, 2015
[font size=3]A three-judge panel found today that U.S. EPA had erred in allowing the use of an insecticide linked to the decline of honeybees and other pollinators over the last decade, saying the agency used "flawed and limited data" to justify its approval.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA's unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor, a neonicotinoid pesticide linked to bee deaths.
"Given the precariousness of bee populations, leaving the EPA's registration of sulfoxaflor in place risked more potential environmental harm than vacating it," Judge Mary Schroeder wrote.
Four beekeeping organizations and three individual beekeepers petitioned the court to review the agency's approval of the pesticide under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act in 2013. The challengers were the Pollinator Stewardship Council; the American Honey Producers Association; the National Honey Bee Advisory Board; the American Beekeeping Federation; and beekeepers Bret Adee, Jeff Anderson and Thomas Smith.
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Tiffany Stecker, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Thursday, September 10, 2015
[font size=3]A three-judge panel found today that U.S. EPA had erred in allowing the use of an insecticide linked to the decline of honeybees and other pollinators over the last decade, saying the agency used "flawed and limited data" to justify its approval.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated EPA's unconditional registration of sulfoxaflor, a neonicotinoid pesticide linked to bee deaths.
"Given the precariousness of bee populations, leaving the EPA's registration of sulfoxaflor in place risked more potential environmental harm than vacating it," Judge Mary Schroeder wrote.
Four beekeeping organizations and three individual beekeepers petitioned the court to review the agency's approval of the pesticide under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act in 2013. The challengers were the Pollinator Stewardship Council; the American Honey Producers Association; the National Honey Bee Advisory Board; the American Beekeeping Federation; and beekeepers Bret Adee, Jeff Anderson and Thomas Smith.
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Really great news! 
