Natural Resources Defense Council et al. V. California Department of Pesticides Regulation Reference : No description Complaint date : February 17, 2023 Status : Not judged Place of jurisdiction : United States, Alameda Plaintiffs types : Environmental NGOs Plaintiffs names : Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Friends of the Earth and Pesticide Action Network North America Defendants : California Department of Pesticide Regulation Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice : Atid Kimelman, Simi Bhat (NRDC) Case nature : Administrative Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) : Other Requests : Include pesticide-coated seeds in pesticide regulations Name of the Court : Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda of Alameda , United States Jurisdiction level : No description Summary : On 17 February 2023, the organisations filed a complaint against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (hereinafter DPR), which is responsible for regulating the use of pesticides in California, for exempting crop seeds treated with pesticides from regulation. While the DPR is required to take all measures that are "necessary to protect the environment" under Food and Agricultural Code (FAC) ยง 14102, it fails to monitor whether the pesticides used to coat seeds are registered. For example, in the California territory, at least seventeen pesticide active ingredients that are not registered are used on treated seeds. Furthermore, some of these active ingredients used to coat seeds are not registered in any state in the United States. The applicants therefore consider that the DPR has failed to comply with its environmental and health protection obligations by failing to regulate pesticide-coated seeds. Scientific references : No scientifice reference for this case. Related links : Article Center for Biological Diversity. "Lawsuit Filed to Require California to Close Loophole, Regulate Pesticide-Treated Seeds"