Bayer declines EPA request to pull pesticide

The German pharmaceutical and chemical company, Bayer, recently declined when the EPA requested that the company pull the pesticide flubendiamide off of shelves. The EPA conditionally approved flubendiamide — used against worms, moths, and beetles — in 2008, with the condition being that Bayer prove within five years that flubendiamide was safe for aquatic invertebrates, such as water cleansing… » Read More

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