Commentary: New Year Calls for Transformational Change Starting with Chemical Use Rejection - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog The new year begins with decisions before EPA, which could reject chemical use and take action necessary to transition away from pesticides.

The #newyear #2024 calls for transformational #change—starting with #chemical use rejection—with critical decisions before @EPA, other federal agencies & the US #Congress. Time to #takeaction... #fifra #organic #aldicarb #bhopal Blog:

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EPA May Allow Highly Neurotoxic Insecticide, Aldicarb, for Citrus Despite Ban in 2010 for Same Use - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog EPA is reported to again be considering allowing the use of the highly neurotoxic, carbamate insecticide aldicarb for use in Florida citrus, 13 years after being voluntarily canceled).

An ongoing story that @EPA is again considering allowing the highly #neurotoxic, carbamate #insecticide #aldicarb to be used for Florida citrus, 13 years after the agency announced that it was being banned—technically, "voluntarily canceled." Blog:

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Court Blocks Trump-era, Toxic Citrus Pesticide, Defended by Biden EPA - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, June 9, 2021) Earlier this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from approving use of the hazardous insecticide aldicarb on citrus crops in Florida. The decision comes shortly after Nikki Fried, Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner, denied a state-level registration for aldicarb, which was cancelled in the United States over a decade ago due to risks to children and water contamination. Health, conservation, and farmworker advocates that brought the suit are praising the court’s decision. “We applaud this decision by the court whose ruling confirms what we already knew — that there is no place for a toxic pesticide like aldicarb to be used on crops in Florida where our workers and our water would be at grave risk,” said Jeannie Economos, coordinator of the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project at Farmworker Association of Florida in a press release. “Farmworkers can breathe a bit easier knowing that this neurotoxin will not be used on the citrus crops they harvest. We are grateful to Florida commissioner of agriculture Nikki Fried for refusing to allow this toxin to poison our communities, our food and our environment. This decision sends […]

#Aldicarb should never have been considered for use on #citrus crops & should be completely eliminated from use in the US & the world. It's banned in 100+ countries under the international #RotterdamConvention, which the US has signed but not ratified.

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Florida Officials Put a Stop to Trump Era Proposal to Spray Highly Toxic Insecticide in Citrus Groves - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, April 27, 2021) The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is denying a chemical company’s application to use a highly toxic insecticide on the state’s citrus crops due to the risks the chemical poses to human health and the environment, according to a statement from FDACS released last week. At issue is aldicarb, a carbamate class insecticide that was cancelled in the U.S. over a decade ago. “While there are promising new horizons for fighting citrus greening, like recent breakthroughs at UF/IFAS on genetic resistance, aldicarb poses an unacceptable risk to human, animal, and environmental health in Florida, is one of the world’s most toxic pesticides, and is banned in more than 100 countries,” said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. “The registrant’s application does not meet the requirements of state law, and we must therefore deny the registration of aldicarb for use in the State of Florida.” At the end of the Trump Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took “aggressive actions” by announcing it was registering aldicarb and the antibiotic streptomycin for use against citrus greening, a disease that is damaging Florida’s citrus industry. The registration provided for a supplemental label allowing use on […]

While #Florida has denied the permit for aldicarb, the Trump era EPA announced it was registering #aldicarb, one of the world's most toxic #pesticides, for use against #citrus greening. It's banned in 100+ countries. #farmworkers

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Will Biden Reverse Last Minute Trump EPA Approval of the Deadly Insecticide Aldicarb, Previously Cancelled? - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, January 22, 2021) After the past four devastating years, hopes and expectations of the Biden/Harris administration abound among the environmental and public health communities. The ears and eyes of many advocates, as well as those in the agricultural community, are attuned (among myriad candidates) to the fate of the pesticide aldicarb. Although Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of this terribly toxic insecticide was cancelled in 2010, various limited-use reapprovals since then have meant that the compound has found its way to increasing levels of use. On January 12, as another parting shot of midnight rulemaking, Trump’s EPA approved expanded uses (see below). The $64,000 question is whether the new administration will use its authority under the Congressional Review Act — which enables Congress to pass a joint resolution (then signed by the President) to overturn a new federal agency rule and prevent its reissuance in the future — to get this pesticide retired for good. Beyond Pesticides urges President Biden’s EPA to do so. Notably, the Trump administration used the Congressional Review Act to destroy myriad environmental rules when it came into power. This permitting of expanded aldicarb uses fits the pattern. Environmental Health News notes that, as of early […]

In a parting shot of midnight rulemaking, Trump’s #EPA approved expanded uses of previously cancelled toxic insecticide #aldicarb. We urge the new administration to use its authority under the Congressional Review Act to retire this pesticide for good.

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#Aldicarb Voluntarily Canceled by #Bayer through Agreement with EPA:#pesticides