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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chinese (EPA), the Biden administration's appointee, is likely to make the first major decision on pesticides in recent days, and the EPA will consider allowing the pesticide to be removed from citrus trees in Florida and Texas.
approval, it would allow the pesticide to be used on 400,000 acres of orange, grapefruit, lemon and lime trees in both states.
, the only manufacturer of
,000 slugs, has proposed a dramatic increase in the use of the pesticide sterilise, which has been banned in more than 100 countries around the world, after a decade in which the United States reached an agreement to eliminate its use in the United States entirely.
is classified as "extremely dangerous" by the World Health Organization (the most toxic category) and is one of only 35 pesticides regulated by the Rotterdam Convention, an international treaty aimed at reducing trade in the world's most dangerous chemicals.
the United States is one of the few countries in the world that has not ratified the treaty.
2010, the EPA reached an agreement with Bayer to end the use of sepot in the United States after the EPA found that the continued use of seppm posed an unacceptable dietary risk to infants and young children.
that the crops most at risk to infants and young children are citrus, Bayer agreed to remove the pesticide immediately.
agLogic applied for and obtained approval for a small number of other crops when it phased out other uses of slugs.
if the use of slugs is approved for citrus use, its use will increase dramatically.
AgLogic is seeking approval for the use of slugs on Florida citrus in 2017 and 2018 (also known as FIFRA Section 24(c) approval).
Freedom of Information Act documents obtained by the Center for Research and Development show that the Pesticides Office of the Florida Department of Agriculture EPA, which is usually in keeping with the interests of the pesticide industry, eventually said it would reject the 24(c) approval, prompting the company to withdraw its application.
reason the Florida Department of Agriculture refused 24 (c) approval was that AgLogic failed to demonstrate that the use of slugs was better at controlling pests than other safer alternatives.
AgLogic has not stopped, and is seeking approval for FIFRA Part 3.
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