>I find no problem is asking the EPA reconsider their decision on the use
of insecticides - especially Neonics.  That is what the President and
Congress have asked the EPA to do.

Actually, if you read the letter to Congress, the word "insecticide" is
only mentioned twice (once in reference to a title)--neonicotinoids are
mentioned 19 times.  What the letter signers did was to kowtow to some
activist constituents and "do something," which is what congress critters
do when someone complains.

The problem is, that an ill-informed group of congressmen are parroting
specific suggestions that only apply to the neonics.  In my opinion,
pollinators would have been far better served had those congressmen instead
used the word "pesticides" throughout.

I completely agree with the regulatory requests of the congressmen, but not
limited solely to the neonics, but rather to *all* pesticides.  If the
issue is to protect pollinators, then we should apply blanket pressure upon
EPA to do so, not simply to single out a single class of products.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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