Items Tagged with 'pesticide-treated seeds'

California pesticide regulators are proposing new reporting requirements for treated seeds, reviving a long-running fight over seed coatings, pollinator risks and how far the state should go beyond federal pesticide rules.

EPA has decided against regulating the use of pesticide-treated seeds under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, but the agency is looking into whether the seeds are being sold and used in ways that violate existing restrictions.