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European Food Safety Authority confirm neonicotinoids danger to bees

March 6th, 2018 Most neonicotinoid pesticides are a danger to bees and honeybees, new research from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed. The research from the EFSA’s Pesticides Unit indicates that the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor crops represents a risk to wild bees and honeybees as Read more…

By Felipe Wasserstein, 7 yearsMarch 6, 2018 ago

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Irish bees under threat as agrichemical giants, Bayer and Syngenta, battle with European Commission

February 24th 2017 Agrichemical giants, Bayer and Syngenta, are back in the European courts attempting to have the European Commission’s neonicotinoid ban overturned. Following on from two separate reviews by the European Food and Safety Authority (ESFA) in 2013, the European Commission imposed a ban on three neonicotinoids; clothianidin, imidacloprid Read more…

By Ross McCann, 8 yearsFebruary 24, 2017 ago