European Union Votes To Ban Pesticides Linked to Bee Deaths May 3, 2013 by Arjun Walia be1Last Monday the European Union deputy ambassadors voted to accept evidence available that confirms the link between pesticides and bee deaths. The vote took place in Brussels, where they were forced to act quickly to set forth a ban for a minimum of at least two years on the pesticides that prove to be harmful to bees. There will be EU restrictions that apply from December 2013 that ban neonicotinoid pesticides used to treat bee-attractive crops. A number of countries support the ban, 15 in total but the UK and 7 other member states do not. The European Commission will ban the use of the pesticides linked to bee deaths across all member states, 27 in total. Those countries opposing a ban have failed. Now, the Commission must draw the only conclusion possible and immediately halt the use of these pesticides as a first step to protect European food production and ecosystem – Marco Contiero, EU agriculture policy director - See more at: collective-evolution/2013/05/03/european-union-votes-to-ban-pesticides-linked-to-bee-deaths/#sthash.OVRSj2ML.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:42:26 +0000
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