Questions are mounting about the possible role of a new family of pesticides, the neonicotinoides, in the "colony collapse disorder" that is decimating commercial honeybees. Will EPA reconsider its approval of those pesticides?
Felicity Barringer reports for the New York Times' Green blog April 1, 2011.
SEE ALSO:
"Coalition Adviser Orders Review Of 'Safe' Pesticides" (Independent)
"U.K. Guv Takes Threat of Bee-Killing Pesticides Seriously. Why Doesn’t the U.S.?" (Grist)
Source: Green (NYT), 04/04/2011