http://www2.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/april-2015-letter-registrants-announcing-new-process-handling-new

> April 2015 Letter to Registrants Announcing New Process for Handling New
> Registrations of Neonicotinoids

It is not a moratorium. It is a stop in the registration of new uses for
specific neonics until the EPA gets its studies done. Meanwhile, nothing
has changed. Whatever each was register for stays current and they can
still be used. There is even a caveat for emergency use for new application
methods.

More prudent than anything else. Every new pesticide goes through a process
that can limit application methods, crops and the like. I have posted
before on this and my dislike of the drench method.

My educated guess is that, so far, that is what they are finding, that some
application methods are OK and some are not. If they have found a smoking
gun that directly linked the neonics to all they are blamed for then it
would be wrong to allow the continued use.

But that is exactly what the EPA is allowing, their continued use.

From a purely political move, it is excellent as it satisfies both the
users and the complainers.Now let's see what the EPA studies find.

In essence, the jury is still out.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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