Hi Paul, I have followed the thread and read some of the news articles. My understanding is the judge sent it back to the EPA to do their job proper. This is how it should be.
I posted the EPA safety sheet because I'm trying to understand if I'm interpreting it correctly and for any of the members to comment and clarify. The way I read it  spirotetramat is toxic and not just to honeybees. Maybe the sheet is a fake. I don't know.
Thanks for your input.

>Although spirotetramat can be classified as practically non-toxic to honey
bees based on acute oral and contact studies, results of brood feeding studies
and tunnel tests suggest the potential for effects to broods following
spirotetramat applications at rates lower than the maximum proposed label
rates; significant brood effects including increased mortality in adults and
pupae, massive perturbation of brood development, early brood termination,
and decreased larval abundance were detected. Spirotetramat also had a
wide range in magnitude of acute effects on other various non-target
terrestrial arthropods.<

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