<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)">Here's a new report – released today, written by Sarah Stevens and Peter Jenkins. External Reviewers were Jonathan Lundgren </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">of USDA </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)">and Christian Krupke</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> of Purdue University</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)">.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)">It shows the tragedy of neonic</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">otinoid</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)"> seed treatments because they lack benefits as far as yield returns for the farmers. There have been lots of </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">paper</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(70,69,74)">s and anecdotes around on that point. Our report collects and solidifies the research and lays out the real-world costs of this so-called “insurance” that EPA needs to take into account. </span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal">Press release: <a href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3000/new-report-widely-used-neonicotinoid-seed-treatments-are-unnecessary-in-most-cases" target="_blank">http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/3000/new-report-widely-used-neonicotinoid-seed-treatments-are-unnecessary-in-most-cases</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Report: <a href="http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/304/pollinators-and-pesticides/reports/2999/heavy-costs-weighing-the-value-of-neonicotinoid-insecticides-in-agriculture" target="_blank">http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/304/pollinators-and-pesticides/reports/2999/heavy-costs-weighing-the-value-of-neonicotinoid-insecticides-in-agriculture</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Peter T. Jenkins, Attorney/consultant<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Center for Food Safety<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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