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Environmental

May 22, 2017

Lawsuit challenges state agency's approval of pesticide toxic to bees

A coalition of environmental groups has sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture, challenging a decision to allow expanded use of a pesticide the plaintiffs claim is "highly toxic to bees and other pollinators."

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — A coalition of environmental groups has sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture, challenging a decision to allow expanded use of a pesticide the plaintiffs claim is "highly toxic to bees and other pollinators."

The groups are hoping to stay and ultimately reverse an April 17 decision by the agency to allow expanded use of a pesti...

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