Friday, November 14, 2025

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Bayer seeks hearing before EPA administrative law judge over Belt insecticide

Bayer CropScience has taken the "unprecedented step" and requested a formal hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge over the agency's proposed cancellation of registrations for flubendiamide insecticide. Bayer markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it...

EPA moves forward with plans to cancel Belt registrations

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice of intent to cancel registrations for all Bayer CropScience and Nichino America products that contain the active ingredient, flubendiamide. The EPA says it is doing so because of adverse risks to...

Bayer refuses EPA’s request to voluntarily pull Belt insecticide

Bayer CropScience has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency to voluntarily cancel uses of flubendiamide insecticide in the United States. Instead, Bayer will seek a review of the product's registration in an administrative law hearing. Flubendiamide is...

EPA proposes to cancel tolerances for chlorpyrifos insecticide

The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments through Jan. 5, 2016, on whether to revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum insecticide marketed as Lorsban and a handful of other brands. Chlorpyrifos, a restricted-use pesticide, is labeled to control insect...

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