The EPA released a biological evaluation last month that reported sulfoxaflor poses the risk of extinction to 63 species, and it is likely to harm another 462 endangered species.
The attorneys general released their letter two weeks ago, following a December 2022 federal appeals court ruling that the EPA. The court ordered the EPA to seek public comment.
“In our comment, we urged EPA to require that labels for sulfoxaflor discuss the importance of limiting pollinators’ exposure to this pesticide. Furthermore, we asked EPA to make mitigation measures listed on labels enforceable. Lastly, we encouraged EPA to conduct more research into the environmental impacts of sulfoxaflor for other potential harms to pollinators or other species entirely,” Dunn-Thomason said., small family farmers often struggle in the United States.
Beekeeper Raines said it’s even harder to be a bee farmer. He is the head beekeeper at Raines Honey Farm, which has hundreds of hives in four counties in Illinois and three counties in Wisconsin.these endangered pollinators“There are anywhere from $22 to $38 billion worth of produce and seeds in the United States alone that wouldn’t exist if there weren’t bees to pollinate those crops,” he said.Bees gather pollen from a series of statically charged hairs on their back.
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