Thanks, Peter.
>
> "imidacloprid is the most commonly used insecticide"
>
>> "Confidor(r) is already the world's leading agricultural insecticide." 
There is a difference between "leading" and "commonly used", especially 
when the former comes from the Bayer press agent.It certainly was not 
the most commonly used in the late 90s and early 2000s from the EPA 
website. This may have more to do with trade names than the actual chemical.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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