Abstract
Nearly 5 years after environmental groups and beekeepers petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to end exemptions for pesticide-treated seeds under the federal pesticide law, the agency is facing a lawsuit for not responding . The Center for Food Safety, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America, and other advocacy groups petitioned the EPA in 2017 to stop allowing makers of seeds coated with neonicotinoids and other systemic pesticides to sidestep pesticide registration and labeling requirements. The agency considers pesticide-coated seeds “treated articles,” which are exempt from regulations. The groups argue in a complaint filed in a federal court that “coated seeds are not treated primarily to protect the seed itself, but rather to protect the growing plant.” As a result, the groups say, they should not be considered treated articles. The EPA has not responded to the 2017 petition; in the Dec. 14 filing, the groups ask the court to
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