Friday, February 22, 2019

EPA issued 'emergency' approval to spray 16 million acres with bee-killing pesticide - Daily Kos

Sulfoxaflor is a systemic insecticide that works by destroying the nervous system. Insects exposed go into tremors, then spasms, then death. Unfortunately, insects exposed means essentially all insects, including bees. In fact, sulfoxaflor is particularly hard on pollinators. That's why in 2016 the Ninth Circuit Court overruled the EPA's approval of the pesticide...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1836065

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