BCPC supports UK call for EU impact assessment of neonicotinoid insecticide use suspension
On 15 March, a proposed two-year suspension of seed treatment use of the neonicotinoid insecticides, clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethixam, on specified crops attractive to bees, failed to gain the necessary qualified majority vote from EU member states. It is tempting to conclude that the result was due to rejection of the findings of the recent […]
