A Flawed Process

摘要

The registration for Movento insecticide was invalidated late last year because of a procedural error — not because of honeybee concerns. LATE last year, a U.S. District Court judge in New York ruled in a case that invalidated the EPA registration ofspirotetramat, the active ingredient in Movento, due to a processing error. The ruling has put the future of the popular new insecticide in question. Bayer CropScience, Movento's supplier, stands behind the product and is currently working with EPA to reregister the insecticide. The ruling came as a result of a lawsuit brought by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Xerces Society, which among other things, claimed that EPA didn't allow a 30-day comment period at the beginning of the registration process as required by law. Since the finding, both environmental groups have characterized the win as having to do more with honeybees than a mere procedural mistake.