> I understand that in June 2004 Gustafson LLC (Bayer CropScience) > petitioned the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that 40 > CFR 180.472 be amended by establishing tolerances for residues of the > insecticide imidacloprid in or on soybean seed at 1.0 ppm and soybean meal > at 2.5 ppm. The proposed tolerance for soybean meal was subsequently > revised by the petitioner to a proposed tolerance of 4.0 ppm. > Note, that is the seed, not nectar or pollen. For example, 10% soybean meal at 4000 ppb (4 ppm) imidacloprid would result > in a 400 ppb exposure level that may cause long term irreversibble damage > to the consuming bees. > This is not addressing the concentrations found in the nectar or pollen. Plus, at those concentrations the bees would be dead not damaged. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm