Environmental

EPA Concludes Neonicotinoids Pose Risk to Bees, Fails to Analyze Other Pollinators

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016.  The Environmental Protection Agency said today in a “pollinator risk assessment” that imidacloprid, a popular neonicotinoid pesticide, poses a significant risk to honeybees — but it failed to examine risks to nearly 4,000 North American native bees and all other pollinators, including imperiled butterflies, bats and birds.

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