Connecticut Pesticide Reform Coalition
Neonics: The New DDT
2025 CT Legislation
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A grassroots coalition of individuals and conservation organizations in Connecticut united in our advocacy for a significant reduction in dangerous pesticides. Press release January 27, 2025.
Neonicotinoid pesticides are 7,000 times more lethal to insects than DDT. They pose an enormous threat to clean water and biodiversity in our state. Read the 2025 Report, Neonicotinoids in Connecticut Waters
The Environment Committee did not vote the stronger bill HB6916 out of committee which included neonic coated seed.
But there is language in Senate Bill 9 that would ban non-agricultural uses of neonics on lawns and gardens. The golf course/landscaper lobbyists are pushing to weaken the bill and roll back CT's child-protective ban on pesticide use on k-8 school grounds. Something we can't let happen.
Read the the Hartford Courant article on the importance of the new report from February 3rd.