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Thursday, September 27, 2012
EPA: Bee reviews will not be rushed
In response to a letter from several
senators, Jim Jones, acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of
Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, said that although the agency
is concerned about potential pesticides’ impacts on bees, it does not
intend to further accelerate its review of neonicotinoid pesticides
which some beekeepers and environmental groups are blaming for bee
kills. In a July 26 letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Sens.
Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Leahy (D-Va.), and Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked EPA to
expedite its review of the neonicotinoid insecticides. "I want to assure you that the EPA is
focused on addressing the potential effects of pesticides on pollinators
and is engaged in national and international efforts to address those
concerns," Jones wrote in the Aug. 21 response. Jones stated that these reviews will take
time. "As part of advancing our understanding in the context of
reevaluation, the EPA has already required six specific studies to
address uncertainties related to potential honey bee exposure, and
effects from imidacloprid alone,” Jones wrote. “Additional, similar
studies will be required of other neonicotinoid insecticides in the near
future. These studies, while underway or anticipated, will require time
to complete. For example, based on current workplan schedules for the
neonicotinoids, the registrants are generating exposure and effects data
to be submitted to EPA by the end of 2015."...more
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