American Bird Conservancy: EPA to End All Use of Bird-Killing Pesticide
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American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, and other environmental groups today welcomed the decision by the Environmental Protection Agency and Bayer CropScience to cease production of the pesticide aldicarb in 2014, begin phasing out its more dangerous uses immediately, and end all uses by 2018.
ABC had voiced grave concerns to EPA over the use of aldicarb as far back as 2005. Following official ABC comments, as well as comments from other members of the National Pesticide Reform Coalition, applications of aldicarb were restricted in both the amount of the pesticide that could be used per application and the number of times it could be applied per year. Many of the concerns about aldicarb came from groups who are members of the National Pesticide Reform Coalition (NPRC). NPRC was formed in 2002 by ABC and other non-profit groups who recognized an increasing need for coordination in addressing issues arising from the Environmental Protection Agency’s pesticide registration and re-registration processes.
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 8/29/2010 6:00 AM 
Categories: Birds
Tags: EPA american bird conservancy pesticide national pesticide reform coalition aldicarb
Categories: Birds
Tags: EPA american bird conservancy pesticide national pesticide reform coalition aldicarb
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