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Neonicotinoids : EU proposes stricter bans

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The European Commission proposed on 27 April a ban on the use  – in open air – of three neonicotinoids clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.

These substances have already been under partial ban for several years and have been subject of muc…

By ajh April 29, 2018
In News & features

Bee-killing neonicotinoids to be banned by European Commission

0 Three-quarters of the world’s agricultural food crops require pollination, most of which is done by bees. Our world food supplies – and thus our security – depends on them.

[multilanguage_switcher]Next month the European Food Safety Authority/EFSA will – according to reports *- propose a ban on 3 neonicotinoids, those pesticides which kill bees:

By ajh April 6, 2017
In France, News & features
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