15.04.2015
- The US is moving more closely into line with Europe in restricting the use of neonicotinoid-based insecticides suspected of posing risks to bee populations. Faced with mounting...
21.10.2014
- Specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products Corp has signed a "definitive agreement" to buy rival Arysta LifeScience for about $3.51 billion from an unnamed company...
31.07.2014
- Neonicotinoids (neonics), the pesticides temporarily banned in Europe in crops attractive to bees, have been found commonly in streams throughout the US Midwest, according to a new...
10.06.2013
- European Union governments failed to agree on Monday whether to approve three genetically modified maize varieties for use in food and feed, the European Commission said. The...
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...
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...
02.10.2012
- U.S. farmers are using more hazardous pesticides to fight weeds and insects due largely to heavy adoption of genetically modified crop technologies that are sparking a rise of...
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...
