This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Thursday, 18 November 2021
They're Only Foreign Bees?
Neonicotinoid pesticides decimate important pollinator species, including Honey bees. These pesticides are manufactured in the EU and UK but their outdoor use there has finally been banned. The organisation, Unearthed, have found that the manufacturers now plan to export almost 4000 tonnes of neonicotinoids to low and middle income nations in the rest of the world (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/bee-harming-pesticides-exported-from-eu-after-ban-on-outdoor-use). The poorer countries have weaker or no environmental regulations. Damaging the ecologies and agricultures of other countries does not seem to be a consideration, when pesticide producers strive to maximise their profits. They know that neoinicotinoids and bees are a deadly combination.
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