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Ninth Circuit Invalidates US EPA’s Unconditional Registration of Sulfoxaflor Insecticide as the Agency Also Faces Other Challenges to Its Pollinator Protection Efforts

On September 10, 2015, in Pollinator Stewardship Council et al. v. EPA, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated US EPA’s unconditional registration of the insecticide sulfoxaflor, concluding that the scientific data relied upon by the agency regarding the product’s potential impact on honey bees did not support approval of the insecticide. Sulfoxaflor, which is … Continue Reading