Law360, New York (October 22, 2009) -- Advocacy groups have asked a federal judge to overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of spirotetramat, a new pesticide marketed by Bayer CropScience, contending that the agency did not properly take into account the chemical’s potential to harm dwindling bee populations.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and The Xerces Society, a group dedicated to the conservation of insects, worms and other invertebrates, filed a motion for summary judgment Wednesday in the...
