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Canada's Ontario Province to Cut Neonicotinoid Use by 80%

26.11.2014 - Canada's Ontario province has announced plans to reduce the acreage sown with crop seeds treated with neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) by 80% up to 2017. Plans call for...

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EU Could Impose Pesticide Ban to Protect Bees

15.03.2013 - EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...

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Syngenta, Bayer Pesticides Pose Honeybee Threat

17.01.2013 - Three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer pose an acute risk to honeybees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, but...

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Pesticides Put Bumblebee Colonies at Risk of Failure

22.10.2012 - Pesticides used in farming are also killing worker bumblebees and damaging their ability to gather food, meaning colonies that are vital for plant pollination are more likely to...

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Honeybee Death Case Against Syngenta Pesticide Unproven

21.09.2012 - British scientists have shot down a study on declining honeybee populations that triggered a French ban on a pesticide made by Swiss agrochemicals group Syngenta. France's farm...