UPDATE 1-Bayer rejects EPA request to pull insecticide from U.S. market
February 05, 2016 at 14:24 PM EST
CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The agricultural unit of German chemicals company Bayer AG said on Friday it will fight a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) request to pull one of its insecticides from the marketplace amid concerns that it could harm organisms in streams and ponds.