According to the LA Times the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has revoked the EPA approval of the pesticide sulfaxaflor (sold under trade names of Closer and Transform) due to flawed data in relation to its toxicity to bees. This pesticide is used on a variety of crops. Read the LA Times article via the link below. Whether this ruling will help our Midwestern bees is still a question.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bees-insecticide-20150910-story.html
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