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Legal Wranglings Continue Over the Use of Sulfoxaflor

Published April 13, 2023

The Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the federal appeals courts for a rehearing over the use of a popular pesticide. A three-judge panel previously rejected efforts to vacate the registration of sufoxaflor. The activist…

Appeals Court Ruling Made on Sulfoxaflor

Published December 23, 2022

A federal appeals court ruled the EPA failed to consider the environmental impacts of sulfoxaflor when it approved the long-term use of the insecticide. The case was remanded back to the EPA for a review. The Pollinator Stewardship Council, American…

Farm Groups Want Sulfoxaflor Re-Registered

Published April 23, 2021

Ten agriculture groups have filed a friend of the court brief with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, opposing the attempt to vacate the new registration of sulfoxaflor. Environmental activist groups claim the insecticide causes harm to pollinators. Farm Bureau and…

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Sulfoxaflor Debate Returns to the Courts

Published April 19, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency is asking the federal appeals court to allow the use of sulfoxaflor while it considers its impact on endangered species. In a legal brief, the EPA said taking this insecticide from the market would likely increase…

San Francisco Court Rejects EPA Appeal

Published January 14, 2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected the EPA’s request to allow the use of sulfoxaflor while it completes its Endangered Species Act review. The Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity sued…

Bee Groups Seek to Overturn EPA Decision on Insecticide Usage

Published September 9, 2019

The American Beekeeping Federation and the Pollinator Stewardship Council are challenging a recent court decision, approving the use of the sulfoxaflor insecticide. In July, the EPA ruled sulfoxaflor is safe for people and bees, giving it an unconditional registration. The…

Court Asked to Intervene on Sulfoxaflor Registration

Published August 23, 2019

The Center for Food Safety has asked a federal court to set aside the EPA’s approval of sulfoxaflor. In July, the agency granted an unconditional registration for this insecticide under the Transform WG and Closer SC labels. This activist group…

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Legal Wranglings Continue Over the Use of Sulfoxaflor

Appeals Court Ruling Made on Sulfoxaflor

Farm Groups Want Sulfoxaflor Re-Registered

Sulfoxaflor Debate Returns to the Courts

San Francisco Court Rejects EPA Appeal

Bee Groups Seek to Overturn EPA Decision on Insecticide Usage

Court Asked to Intervene on Sulfoxaflor Registration

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