Learning from the UK’s Mistakes: “Neonicotinoid ban hit UK farmers hard”
April 6, 2015
Editor’s Note: EPA has issued a moratorium on new uses of neonicotinoids despite the recent release of a USDA/EPA study, three years in the making, which demonstrates that neonics are not the cause of bee health decline. It is America’s farmers and consumers, however, who will pay the price for the agency’s baseless action. The following article is from The Guardian (UK) and was orginally posted on the Review of Bee Health Decline here.
Neonicotinoid ban hit UK farmers hard
Bugs devour rapeseed crop in Britain as EU ban on pesticide to save bees comes into force
Louise Gray
Peter Kendall surveys his crop of oilseed rape. At this time of year, he should usually be looking at healthy green cotyledons (young shoots), but the leaves are full of holes.
The driest September on record has meant a plague of flea beetle. The pest is normally controlled by coating the seeds in a systemic pesticide called neonicotinoid.
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