Under pressure from the US State of California, pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily withdrawn the pesticide imidacloprid from usage on almonds. Imidacloprid is widely blamed as contributing to the dieoff of honeybees around the world. Apparently, industry voluntarily removed almonds from the list of “approved uses” rather than undergo the public scrutiny and cost involved in re-evaluating a pesticide which industry now says is a "small-market” for them. Almonds are a major cash crop for politically influential and ecologically-aware California. The voluntary withdrawal of this pesticide was reportedly so unusual to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that they were, apparently, unsure how to process the application.
Source: Submitted by Kevin Hansen on November 21, 2011
http://pierreterre.com/blog/bee-killing-pesticide-imidacloprid-voluntar…
http://pierreterre.com/system/files/files/Calif%20DPR%20Recall%20Status…
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