A crucial first step toward saving the bees and agriculture is banning the use of bee-killing chemical pesticides. Greenpeace identified several bee-killers that need to be banned as a priority: This list includes imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, fipronil, chlorpyriphos, cypermethrin and deltamethrin. In April 2013, a majority of EU countries supported the European Commission proposal to temporarily restrict the use of three pesticides that are scientifically shown to be harmful to bees produced by chemical companies Bayer and Syngenta. Partial bans of neonicotinoids were already in place in Italy, France, Germany and Slovenia, with no significant negative impacts on agricultural production, but some positive effects on the health of the bees... Read more: bioemarket.ro/news/greenpeace-identified-several-bee-killers-that-need-to-be-banned-as-a-priority-185
Posted on: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:02:30 +0000
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