[Pollinator] sulfoxador suit

[David Inouye]

Pollinators: *The Pollinator Stewardship Council, the American 
Beekeeping Federation and Beekeeper Jeffery S. Anderson are challenging 
<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==> the 
EPA's decision to expand the use of the pesticide sulfoxador in the 
courts.* The EPA has called sufoxaflor "very highly toxic" to bees (see 
ESA Policy News, July 29, 2019 
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00164y22zBGKBOUbiW644pdFQ4OjUOFN_KUerCQQ20WMOOKNcYtNM_9gK9qa_HJf382PLJrVXjGIFa1dsGQca4C3IzClUiYz4SiSi5Tku3jz6jSFu0ewfhR2pubBwnylY3w2XMwBo7mLSCxXqE16z9KzJ3DyfkFPCzqPWLG5NgUCxLI4IkY6FuDn-v8Em56fTapfMR0hss1LrM52eLeqOyaCJZvwLUNxMwy_c8-dR1Us84fGMsyRF-obLitX70_GWfZ&c=8ge7Kil3M9iMxZiIxEGRTxuby5gO6pe-4N6ik6Co_6xqFSeL8N1hvg==&ch=BNTN-LcL8Q2Cf84Q6c_YM0DejgkwGflHvpoUAQJGrUxN84yUE23cbw==>). 
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.

-- 
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
inouye at umd.edu

Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224

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