Finally. The UK government has rejected an application by farmers to use the bee-killing pesticide neonicotinoid.
The Conservatives approved its use for four years in a row.
The Conservatives approved its use for four years in a row.
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Personally I wonder if huge fields of one crop, especially cereals, leave insects with little to eat for most or all of the Summer?
Good news for a change.
‘sarcasm’ just in case.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510053/rfi8127_CPA_MoS_agenda__151109.pdf
One of the "strict condition and mitigation measure" to make damaging the environment "OK" was to damage it even more by *killing all flowers* with "industry-recommended herbicide"
https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210611154331/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neonicotinoid-product-as-seed-treatment-for-sugar-beet-emergency-authorisation-application/statement-on-the-decision-to-issue-with-strict-conditions-emergency-authorisation-to-use-a-product-containing-a-neonicotinoid-to-treat-sugar-beet