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9th Circuit blocks streptomycin registration for citrus

12/13/23 4:25 PM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS Beyond Pesticides Center for Biological Diversity Environmental Confederation Of Southwest Florida Farmworker Association of Florida Farmworker Justice streptomycin

EPA did not adequately analyze the impact of streptomycin on pollinators or endangered species, a federal appeals court concluded Wednesday, vacating the agency’s 2021 approval of the antibiotic for use on citrus.


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