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European agency concludes controversial 'neonic' pesticides threaten bees
Controversial insecticides known as neonicotinoids pose a danger to wild bees and managed honey bees, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy, said in a report released today. Bayer, a maker of so-called neonics, disputed EFSA's findings. But the report is likely to give a boost to those pushing for tighter European regulation of the chemicals.
"This report certainly strengthens the case for further restrictions on neonicotinoid use," entomologist Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex in Brighton, U.K., said in a statement. The European Commission last year proposed—but has not yet adopted—extending a partial ban on neonics to all field crops.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 04 2018, @02:32AM (2 children)
About. time.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday March 04 2018, @09:49AM (1 child)
Wait, we we're assured that it was the lithium chloride stuff as indicated in the last link in TFS.
So now they're telling us no, no We were wrong, we're going back to the original neonicotinoids story, or maybe the cell phone story.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04 2018, @11:22PM
The /original/ original explanation (PDF) [callnetuk.com] seems likely enough to me, the other things are just confounding factors.