EPA Releases the First of Four Preliminary Risk Assessments for Insecticides Potentially Harmful to Bees

<> EPA Releases the First of Four Preliminary Risk Assessments for Insecticides Potentially Harmful to Bees - EPA announced a preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the neonicotinoid insecticide, imidacloprid, which shows a threat to some pollinators -- prepared in collaboration with California's Department of Pesticide Regulation, it indicates that imidacloprid potentially poses risk to hives when the pesticide comes in contact with certain crops that attract pollinators. Risk assessment and other supporting documents

 

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