https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/73/11/808/7327032
Breaking the cycle: Reforming pesticide regulation to protect pollinators


Abstract

Over decades, pesticide regulations have cycled between approval and
implementation, followed by the discovery of negative effects on nontarget
organisms that result in new regulations, pesticides, and harmful effects.
This relentless pattern undermines the capacity to protect the environment
from pesticide hazards and frustrates end users that need pest management
tools. Wild pollinating insects are in decline, and managed pollinators
such as honey bees are experiencing excessive losses, which threatens
sustainable food security and ecosystem function. An increasing number of
studies demonstrate the negative effects of field-realistic exposure to
pesticides on pollinator health and fitness, which contribute to pollinator
declines. Current pesticide approval processes, although they are superior
to past practices, clearly continue to fail to protect pollinator health.
In the present article, we provide a conceptual framework to reform
cyclical pesticide approval processes and better protect pollinators.

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