EU Bans Controversial Pesticide in the Name of Bees
Let ’s pop some champagne this weekend : The European Union decided Friday to ban all outside utilisation of neonicotinoids , insect powder that have been linked towild bee population declinesandstunted dependency growing . Neonicotinoids are the mostwidely usedgroup of insect powder in the world , and the European Union ’s beenstudyingtheir impacts on bees since 2012 . In 2013 , itpasseda two - twelvemonth moratorium on three neonicotinoids ( clothianidin , imidacloprid , and thiamethoxam ) after findings point to likely risks to honeybee ....