Friday, November 10, 2017

United Kingdom joins Europe in banning bee-killing pesticides

Even as the United Kingdom attempts to create distance from its continental neighbors through Brexit, it is joining Europe on a key environmental issue by supporting a total ban on neonicotinoids, pesticides that have decimated bee populations across the world. According to British environment secretary Michael Gove, the United Kingdom has reversed its previous opposition to such a ban after new research has shown that neonicotinoids cause significant damage to bee colonies. Gove was also moved...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/united-kingdom-joins-europe-in-banning-bee-killing-pesticides
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