The EPA is allowing a certain amount of the pesticide Hexythiazox to be left in or on sugarbeets and in their roots.
The agency is granting a request from the Gowan Company to allow 0.15 parts per million (ppm) of the chemical to remain in or on the sugar beet and root and 0.30 ppm to remain in dried sugar beet pulp.
The EPA said Hexythiazox is classified as “likely to be carcinogenic to humans” based on a treatment related to an increase in benign and malignant liver tumors in female mice and the presence of mammary gland tumors in male rats. But the agency said those tumors were only found after the rats were given high doses of the chemical.
The rule will take effect immediately.
Source: thehill.com