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style="color:#016360;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Lucida
Sans Unicode,Lucida Grande,Sans-serif;">Pollinators</span>:
<strong>The Pollinator Stewardship Council, the American
Beekeeping Federation and Beekeeper Jeffery S. Anderson are
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href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00164y22zBGKBOUbiW644pdFQ4OjUOFN_KUerCQQ20WMOOKNcYtNM_9gK9qa_HJf382xXJWdo95kC0e7u6rOl6mF4jNjnY1WXtrVmSRzmnUKsBl32O30qvTNmx1AxGAYDz-l5w4lg9Wyt5g_s_vDScZitHOdCxvJ3XMkiEPkcek_AZ-yB4SCLlduDcNsnB3EvSFxU5TybYTZAnyzQkwbSRA9Mrw4UQPdHadrSeYd3W-uIFDvuAVBYEXJfnZjyJKSdiNf7fdBLdeyNXmxiql4fqheuEsUFrlp8NNg5LMsMtUGq4=&c=8ge7Kil3M9iMxZiIxEGRTxuby5gO6pe-4N6ik6Co_6xqFSeL8N1hvg==&ch=BNTN-LcL8Q2Cf84Q6c_YM0DejgkwGflHvpoUAQJGrUxN84yUE23cbw=="
alt="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/460259-epa-sued-again-for-expanding-use-of-pesticide-harmful-to-bees"
target="_blank">challenging</a> the EPA's decision to
expand the use of the pesticide sulfoxador in the courts.</strong>
The EPA has called sufoxaflor "very highly toxic" to bees (<a
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alt="https://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-policy/policy-news-july-29-2019/#bees"
target="_blank">see ESA Policy News, July 29, 2019</a>). The
beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, say that the agency
violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide
Act when it did not open hold a public comment period before
making its final decision. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:inouye@umd.edu">inouye@umd.edu</a>
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224</pre>
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