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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>From: <i>San Francisco Gate</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Oregon-restricts-pesticides-in-bee-die-offs-5002304.php">http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Oregon-restricts-pesticides-in-bee-die-offs-5002304.php</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1>Oregon restricts pesticides in bee die-offs<o:p></o:p></h1><h5>Published 12:24 pm, Friday, November 22, 2013 <o:p></o:p></h5><p>SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fscience&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Oregon+Department+of+Agriculture%22">Oregon Department of Agriculture</a> is restricting two pesticides implicated in bee die-offs this summer in Wilsonville and Hillsboro.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Products that contain the two ingredients will be required to carry Oregon-specific labels, and the department is asking the Environmental Protection Agency if national restrictions are needed.<o:p></o:p></p><p>In June, about 50,000 bumblebees were found dead and dying in a Target parking lot in Wilsonville under linden trees that had been sprayed. Hundreds of bees were found dead days later in downtown Hillsboro.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Because of that, department Director <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fscience&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Katy+Coba%22">Katy Coba</a> told state legislators Thursday, the pesticides will not be allowed to be applied to linden and basswood trees or other members of their genus, Tilia.<o:p></o:p></p><p>"This is a fairly aggressive approach by the department, one that we use very carefully and consciously," Coba said at a hearing.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The pesticides contain dinotefuran and imidacloprid. They are part of a class known as neonicotinoids.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Right after the incident, ODA issued a temporary restriction on 18 pesticides containing dinotefuran. That ban expires Dec. 24. The labeling and use restrictions go into effect next year.<o:p></o:p></p><p>At the hearing, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fscience&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Scott+Dahlman%22">Scott Dahlman</a>, executive director of the farm and forester group Oregonians for Food & Shelter, said the pesticides don't do damage unless they are used improperly, as happened last summer.<o:p></o:p></p><p>"Applied correctly, pesticides are very safe," Silverton nursery owner Carson Lord said. "Nearly every piece of produce, nut and grain in the grocery store has been sprayed with pesticides."<o:p></o:p></p><p>However, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fscience&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Scott+Hoffman%22">Scott Hoffman</a> Black, executive director of the bee advocacy group the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fscience&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Xerces+Society%22">Xerces Society</a>, said neonicotinoids "are all highly toxic to bees."<o:p></o:p></p><p>He said the group wants to keep the most toxic and most used of the neonicotinoids away from the plant species, where they affect the most insects.<o:p></o:p></p><p>___<o:p></o:p></p><p>Information from: The Oregonian, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com">http://www.oregonlive.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Matthew Shepherd<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Protecting the Life that Sustains Us<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>628 NE Broadway, Ste 200, Portland, OR 97232-1324, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="mailto:mdshepherd@xerces.org"><span style='color:#0070C0'>mdshepherd@xerces.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: (503) 232-6639 ext. 110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Toll free: 1-855-232 6639 ext. 110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cell: (503) 807-1577<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (503) 233-6794<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stay in touch:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:red'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style='color:red;text-decoration:none'>xerces.org</span></a></span></b> <b><span style='color:#17365D'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Xerces-Society/193182577358618"><span style='color:#17365D;text-decoration:none'>Facebook</span></a></span></b> <b><span style='color:#984806'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/enewsletters/"><span style='color:#984806;text-decoration:none'>E-newsletter</span></a></span></b> <b><span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="https://twitter.com/xerces_society"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Twitter</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>To join the Society, make a donation, or read about our work, please visit <span style='color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style='color:#0070C0'>www.xerces.org</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>