Source: MPR NEWS, 5/9/17


A Minnesota beekeeper is claiming a partial victory in a federal lawsuit over the regulation of a common insecticide.
Last week, a federal judge in California ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Endangered Species Act when it approved dozens of neonicotinoid insecticide products. Steve Ellis of central Minnesota is the lead plaintiff of suit, which claims the EPA approved products containing neonicotinoid insecticide without adequately considering harm to bees and endangered species. 

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