Despite the massive threat to ecosystems, the Biden administration is dragging its feet on regulating the chemicals.
In the U.S., neonicotinoids continue to be used on hundreds of millions of acres of agricultural land, contributing to anAccording to Freese, “EPA has thus far given a free pass to neonicotinoids coated on corn and other crop seeds — which represent by far their largest use — that make seedlings toxic to pollinators and other beneficial insects.”
“Our expert wildlife agencies — the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service — have the final say on this matter,” Freese added, “and may well find that neonicotinoids put even more species at risk of extinction.”of the catastrophic global decline of insects made clear that a “serious reduction in pesticide usage” is essential to prevent the extinction of up to 41% of the world’s insects in the coming decades.
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