Thursday 17 January 2013

Smoking the Bees Out?

The European Food Safety Authority has ruled that neonicotinoid pesticides (those most widely used) present an 'unacceptable danger to honeybees' (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/16/insecticide-unacceptable-danger-bees?INTCMP=SRCH). This debate has been running for some time and the pesticide manufacturer claims that data supporting this view has been subject to 'over-interpretation'. Our dependence on these currently challenged pollinators means, however, that the data has to be urgently evaluated and appropriate action taken.

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