The agency’s decision greenlights the use of more than 650,000 pounds of streptomycin on citrus crops in Florida and California alone. By contrast, the United States currently uses only about 14,000 ...

"Hopefully this ruling helps push the EPA to finally take seriously its obligation to protect imperiled plants, pollinators and animals from the pesticides it approves." Streptomycin sulfate is used ...

WASHINGTON— The Trump Environmental Protection Agency has quietly approved “emergency” use of the medically important antibiotic streptomycin on citrus crops like oranges, tangerines and grapefruits ...