Review of Bee Health

“British government scientists see little justification for the continued banning of neonicotinoids. . . .”

December 22, 2016

From: Cambridge Network

Where do we go from here?

The Scientific Alliance offers some thoughts on what 2017 may bring…

Martin Livermore, The Scientific Alliance

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Also in the agricultural area, the UK’s attitude to pesticides may be somewhat less restrictive than across the Channel. British government scientists see little justification for the continued banning of neonicotinoids, for example, on the flimsy evidence of their impact on the mortality of bees. The question then is what knock-on effect this might have across the rest of the EU which, if 2017 continues as 2016 finishes, could see the bloc in a deep existential crisis as populism surges in the Netherlands, France and even Germany.

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