Beekeepers and environmental groups are petitioning the
United States Environment Protection Agency to ban clothianidin.
The pesticide gained conditional approval from Canada’s Pest
Management Regulatory Agency in May of last year to be used to control insect
pests of potatoes, grapes, pome and stone fruits and turf.
The beekeepers claim the pesticide is killing their bees.
The EPA says it has received about 1.2 million comments from
people, most of them in support of the petition.
