Concerns about insecticides and their impact on New Hampshire’s wildlife aren’t going away, senators said on Thursday. But with one bill on the subject sent for interim study and another killed this week, the Legislature will not take the matter any further this session. 

House Bill 1086, from prime sponsor and Wolfeboro Republican John MacDonald, started the session as a proposed ban on seeds treated with a group of pesticides called neonicotinoids. Scientists say these chemicals leech from treated seeds into the environment, causing harm and death to non-target insects as well as birds, fish, and other wildlife.

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