"Flubendiamide likely isn’t in your garden shed, but you’ve probably consumed products treated by the pesticide like almonds, tobacco or peanuts. Since 2008, it’s been used to keep pests like fruitworms and bollworms off of crops. But its days appear to be numbered, at least in the United States: NPR’s Dan Charles reports that the Environmental Protection Agency wants to withdraw its approval.
It’s an unusual move for the agency, writes Charles—and one that centers around the EPA’s practice of conditionally approving certain chemicals and pesticides pending further studies. On its website, the EPA explains that in some circumstances, it will allow the registration of pesticides after determining that “use of the pesticide would not significantly increase the risk of unreasonable adverse effects on people or the environment during the time needed to generate the necessary data.” The practice has been in place since the late 1970s, when Congress amended the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to allow companies to register pesticides when more data is needed..."
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