Sep 26, 2024· Comment submitted by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1888
We are submitting these comments on Clothianidin's, Imidacloprid's, and Thiamethoxam's Updated Occupational Exposure Assessments for Seed Treatment Uses. These comments are submitted on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC, Jennifer Sass) and the following organizations with a long-standing interest in protecting workers and preventing health harms from pesticides: Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc.; Center for Food Safety; Friends of the Earth; Migrant Clinicians Network; Pesticide Action Network; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER); The Farmworker Association of Florida, Inc.; Toxic Free NC.
Jul 22, 2020· Comment submitted by Lucas Rhoads, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1856
Attached are Supplemental Comments submitted on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council. These comments supplement those submitted by NRDC, Sierra Club, and Pollinator Action Network North America on May 4, 2020, as well as the comments and petition submitted by NRDC on that date. Both previous comments are attached for reference.
As indicated in our May 4th submission, we request that all attached documents are included in the record for all five neonics: Imidacloprid (EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844); Thiamethoxam (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0581); Clothianidin; (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0865); Acetamiprid (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0329); and Dinotefuran (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0920).
Thank you for your consideration.
Jul 6, 2020· Comment submitted by Lucas Rhoads, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1836
Attached are Supplemental Comments submitted on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council. These comments supplement those submitted by NRDC, Sierra Club, and Pollinator Action Network North America on May 4, 2020, as well as the comments and petition submitted by NRDC on that date. Both previous comments are attached for reference.
As indicated in our May 4th submission, we request that all attached documents are included in the record for all five neonics: Imidacloprid (EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844); Thiamethoxam (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0581); Clothianidin; (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0865); Acetamiprid (EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0329); and Dinotefuran (EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0920).
Because attachments to the comments exceed file size limitations, NRDC is submitting attachments in several batches.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jul 6, 2020· Mass Comment Campaign Sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council (web)· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1842
Dear EPA Administrator Wheeler,
Please kindly accept these 8,882 public comments from online members and activists of the Natural Resources Defense Council, in addition to the 24,797 public comments previously submitted on May 4, 2020, requesting to restrict the use of neonic pesticides, specifically with regard to the registration review of these 5 chemicals:
Acetamiprid, Case Number 7617
Clothianidin, Case Number 7620
Dinotefuran, Case Number 7441
Imidacloprid, Case Number 7605
Thiamethoxam, Case Number 7641
We are writing to urge you to commit to protecting pollinators and other wildlife, our food supply, and our health by restricting the use of highly bee-toxic neonic pesticides.
Neonics don't just put our bees and the food systems they sustain in danger. Peer-reviewed research and the agency's own scientific assessments recognize that neonics also frequently contaminate waters like rivers, lakes, and wetlands, posing serious risks to aquatic life. And scientific research shows that they may increase the risk of permanent developmental or neurological damage in infants and children.
Your proposal to greenlight continued, widespread use of neonics on a huge variety of crops, lawns, gardens, and more, puts our pollinating bees, our food supply, our environment, and our health at continued risk.
You have an obligation to uphold the mission of the EPA by doing what's best for bees and people - not what's most profitable for agrochemical companies. We urge you to correct course and take the actions needed to protect our environment - and our health - from neonics.
Thank you for your consideration.
Jun 30, 2020· Comment submitted by Lucas Rhoads and Daniel Raichel, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1832
See attached comments on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, Pesticide Action Network North America, and Sierra Club.
May 12, 2020· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist and Lucas Rhoads, Staff Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1780
See attached petition and comments on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
May 23, 2018· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1514
Filed on regulations.gov — full text not in the inline record.
Nov 30, 2017· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) et al.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1253
Filed on regulations.gov — full text not in the inline record.
Aug 18, 2017· Comment submitted by Jennifer Sass, PhD, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1219
Filed on regulations.gov — full text not in the inline record.
May 31, 2016· Mass Mail Comment Campaign Sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (33,280 Web)· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-1053
Please accept these public comments from 33,280 online members and activists on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) regarding EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-0142. Our supporters thank you for undertaking this much-needed risk assessment of the impacts of imidacloprid on honeybees and other pollinators. While they believe that the assessment has some gaps, they also believe that you now have more than enough evidence indicating that imidacloprid is contributing to the decline of America's bees and bee colonies to act. Therefore, they urge you to take immediate action to rein in the use of imidacloprid and other toxic neonic pesticides that are a major factor in the alarming decline of bees, which threatens our environment, our food supply and our health. Thank you.
Mar 19, 2009· Mass Comment campaign entitled "Ensure that the Honey Bees are Protected from Toxic Imidacloprid" sponsored by Natural Resources Defense Council.· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-0089
Filed on regulations.gov — full text not in the inline record.
Mar 19, 2009· Comment submitted by Mayra Quirindongo, Natural Resources Defense Council· EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0844-0099
Attached please find comments submitted by the Natural Resources Defense
Council concerning the pesticide registration review of Imidacloprid and the
Preliminary Work Plan.