Source: Emily Unglesbee, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 12/15/21

EPA has not yet responded to a 2017 petition by environmental groups, demanding the agency fully regulate pesticide-treated seed. Now, in a lawsuit filed Dec. 15, those groups are asking a federal court to order the agency to act. At issue is a 2017 rule-making petition filed by the Center for Food Safety, which argued that EPA should regulate pesticide-treated seeds as pesticides. Currently, EPA says this kind of pesticide use falls under its "Treated Article exemption," and exempts treated seed from full regulation.

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