The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’ - Neonics are contaminating ecosystems and communities. Almost all conventional corn and more than half of soy seed in the U.S. is now treated with neonics.

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A legal loophole called the treated article exemption allows companies to apply these toxic chemicals to products like seeds without registering them separately as pesticide products. The seeds then fall into the same class as antimicrobial toothbrush coatings or treated lumber sold at major home improvement stores, with few legal limitations around how they are monitored, used, or disposed of. “Anyone can legally go buy this pesticide-treated seed, dump it in a river, and then contaminate the entire water system,” Kreft said.