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EPA to Environmental Groups: Agency Already 'Fully Assesses' Pesticide-Treated Seed Risks

The EPA on Wednesday rejected a 2017 petition to regulate treated seed, telling environmental groups the agency already "fully assesses" pesticides registered for treating seed, including effects on human health and the environment.
 
At the beginning of September, the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California in San Francisco approved a consent decree between the EPA and the Center for Food Safety and the Pesticide Action Network North America.
 
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