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Lawmakers hear clashing views on neonicotinoids and second‑generation rodenticides
Summary
Farmers, scientists, environmental groups and industry representatives offered sharply different views to the Environment Committee about restricting neonicotinoid seed treatments and reclassifying second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
A long string of stakeholders told the Environment Committee on Oct. 27 that Connecticut faces a tough choice about regulating two widely used classes of pesticides.
The first is neonicotinoids, insecticides widely used as seed treatments and foliar sprays. Agricultural representatives urged caution, noting farms that rely on treated seed and saying some treated seeds help protect specialty and row crops in ways they said have no current cost‑effective alternative. Farmer Keith Bishop and others asked the committee to preserve specialized uses for trees and ornamentals while allowing new regulatory paths.
Farmers and growers testified that seed treatments on corn, squash and…
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