Judge Halts Use of Pesticide That Harms Honeybees

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🗓️ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Taking the side of environmental groups and commercial beekeepers, a California judge earlier this month said he would issue a statewide order banning a pesticide called sulfoxaflor. Part of the class of neuro-active insecticides called neonicotinoids, sulfoxaflor protects crops from insects, but scientists say it is toxic to bees. A study by environmental group Earthjustice found that the number of honeybee colonies in the U.S. fell by 45% from April 2020 to April 2021. We’ll talk about the ban and the worrying decline of pollinators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.1	Welcome back to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:04.4	A California judge has sided with environmental groups and beekeepers and said he'll issue a statewide ban on the pesticide
1:11.0	sulfoxifloor, which protects crops from insects but is toxic to honeybees. Recent data from
1:16.4	entomologists at the University of Maryland and Auburn University indicate that the number
1:20.9	of honeybee colonies in the U.S. fell by 45 percent in the year since April 2020. We look at
1:27.3	this worrying decline and the impact of the state court's ruling.
1:31.2	And joining me are Susan Kegli, CEO of the Pesticide Research Institute, Inc.
1:35.2	and owner of Bees and Blooms in Santa Rosa.
1:37.7	Susan Kegli, thanks so much for talking with us.
1:40.4	Thank you for asking me to come.
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