Environmental groups are pushing the EPA to better comply with the Endangered Species Act when registering crop protection products.
Aaron Hager is a weed scientist with the University of Illinois. “This will have an impact on virtually every pesticide application that takes place in the future.”
He tells Brownfield there are several proposals the Environmental Protection Agency is working through. One proposed pilot project from the agency would limit pesticide applications across the entire range of habitat for the endangered Rusty Patch Bumblebee.
