Disappearing Bees and Reluctant Regulators.
- Resource Type
- Opinion
- Authors
- Suryanarayanan, Sainath, ; Kleinman, Daniel Lee,
- Source
- Issues in Science & Technology; Summer2011, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p33-36, 4p
- Subject
- United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide use regulations
Agricultural chemical laws
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
United States
- Language
- ISSN
- 07485492
In this article the author comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) sound science approach to pesticide regulation which is believed the culprit of the so-called phenomenon colony collapse disorder (CCD). The author asserts that bee researchers blame EPA-approved agricultural insecticides for CCD, but the federal agency refuses to take the chemicals off the market. He contends that the CCD case is a manifestation of drawbacks of EPA's approach to pesticide regulation.