Bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency linanena kuti imidacloprid, imodzi mwamagulu a mankhwala ophera tizilombo omwe amadziwika kuti neonicotinoids, ndi yovulaza njuchi. Kuwunika kwa EPA kunapeza kuti njuchi zimakumana ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo mochuluka kuti ziwavulaze popereka mungu wa thonje ndi zipatso za citrus.
Mawu a EPA, "Preliminary Pollinator Assessment Supporting Registration Review of Imidacloprid," akhoza kuwonedwa pano. Njira zowerengera zikukambidwa apa.
Wopanga mankhwala ophera tizilombo a Bayer adadzudzula zowunikirazi pomwe zidasindikizidwa koma adasintha patangotha sabata, ponena kuti zigwira ntchito ndi Environmental Protection Agency. Kampaniyo, ngakhale ikuwona kuti lipotilo likuti chovulaza ndi njuchi osati midzi, ikupitiriza kunena kuti mankhwala ophera tizilombo si omwe amachititsa Colony Collapse Disorder.
Bayer adawononga $12 miliyoni mu '2014, ndalama zochepa poyerekeza ndi phindu loposa $3.6 biliyoni koma ndalama zambiri, kutsutsa malingaliro akuti mankhwalawo amapha njuchi, anatero Emery P. Dalecio wa Associated Press. Cholinga chawo chinali kusinthiratu chidwi cha nthata za varroa monga zomwe zimayambitsa kufa kwa njuchi.
Malipoti ena ananena kuti njuchi zimamwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo ochepa kwambiri zikamautsa mungu wa fodya, chimanga ndi mbewu zina. Mneneri wa EPA adati zambiri ziyenera kusonkhanitsidwa kuti ziwone zotsatira za soya, mphesa ndi mbewu zina zomwe imidacloprid imagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Kufunika kwa njuchi ndi zinthu zina zotulutsa mungu pakupanga chakudya, zazikulu ndi zazing'ono, sizinganenedwe mopambanitsa, osatchula chilengedwe chonse.
Bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency linanena kuti lidzafuna malingaliro a anthu asanaganizirepo kanthu kuti aletse ziletso zenizeni za imidacloprid. Nayi tsamba la ndemanga la EPA (ulalo sukupezekanso). Ayenera kumva kuchokera kwa nzika komanso akatswiri, makamaka popeza ena mwa akatswiriwa ali m'thumba la mafakitale ophera tizilombo. Tikupempha kuti EPA iganizire zotsatira za imidacloprid pa anthu komanso njuchi. (Ndemanga zidzalandiridwa mpaka March 14, 2016)
