EPA is poised to approve sulfoxaflor, yet another bee-toxic pesticide, for a broad variety of uses in the U.S.

While European policymakers are taking steps to protect bees from harmful pesticides, EPA is poised to approve yet another bee-toxic pesticide for use here in the U.S. Instead of following the science and protecting bees from known harms, the agency is set to conditionally register another new pesticide known to harm bees, sulfoxaflor, for a broad variety of uses. Sulfoxaflor is a cousin to imidacloprid and clothianidin, with shared mechanisms of action (all work on the same bee brain synapses — nicotinic acetylcholine receptors).

Source: Pesticide Action Network North America
http://action.panna.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=12406