The state Department of Ecology originally approved a permit for imidacloprid, a pesticide, to be used by oyster growers in the Willapa Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association in 2015, and some growers did perform experimental trial applications of the pesticide as that permit was being developed. Following public reaction, the 2015 permit was cancelled at the request of the growers. An April 9, 2018, Daily World article reported that imidacloprid had never been permitted or used before in the U.S.

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