'Many of the species harmed by neonicotinoids are experiencing precipitous declines, and this EPA's choices may well determine whether or not they go extinct,' said LoriAnnBurd of CenterForBioDiv.
the vast majority of all"These damning admissions should result in neonics being banned, as they are in Europe," he asserted."Formal consultation with the expert wildlife agencies must now be completed and significant safeguards put in place to protect the environment—if this class of pesticide can be used safely at all. We will continue to watchdog the agency to ensure it complies with its legal duties.
"The wildlife agencies now must now make the right calls to protect already endangered life from these biocides.""Neonicotinoids are known for their toxicity to bees and other insects, but today EPA's assessment demonstrates harms across the spectrum of already imperiled animal and plant life," he said."The wildlife agencies now must now make the right calls to protect already endangered life from these biocides.
"We're in the midst of a heartbreaking extinction crisis and neonicotinoids are playing an outsized role in driving it," she noted."Now that the EPA has completed its analysis, the only question is whether it will muster the courage to stand up to Big Ag and ban these chemicals or will choose to facilitate extinction."
The EPA evaluations and reactions came the same day that a coalition led by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council policymakers attending a global summit next week to"make 2022 the year in which the world chooses to stop extinction and commits the resources to do so."
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