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Environmental

Jul. 10, 2014

Lawsuit attacks approval for popular pesticides

Citing concern over mass bee deaths in recent years, environmentalists are challenging state approval of neonicotinoid pesticides.


By Fiona Smith


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Environmental groups sued the California Department of Pesticide Regulation on Tuesday in what is becoming a growing battle over the use of a popular group of pesticides that has been linked to recent honeybee die-offs.


Pesticide Action Network North America, Center for Food Safety and Beyond Pesticides claim that state officials have been approving a slew of pesticides known as neonicotinoids without...

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