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The UK has just authorized the use of #Thiamethoxam for use on sugar beet seeds. This is a #neonicotinoid insecticide, which is banned throughout the EU because of its environmental impact, especially on bees.
Several things are worth noting:
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Several things are worth noting:
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The UK Expert Committee on Pesticides concluded on 24th Nov 2020 that
(1) the application for authorization was using a systematic underestimation of typical sowing rates (and, hence, #neonicotionid emissions into the environment), and ...
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(1) the application for authorization was using a systematic underestimation of typical sowing rates (and, hence, #neonicotionid emissions into the environment), and ...
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(2) the application for authoriziation did not take into account the scientific knowledge at hand.
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This is massive, and horrific. @NFUtweets is secretly lobbying the government to allow #neonicotinoid pesticides to be reintroduced after Brexit.
It tells its members: "Please refrain from sharing this on social media."
On the contrary, please RT.
campaigns.nfuonline.com/page/72051/pet…
It tells its members: "Please refrain from sharing this on social media."
On the contrary, please RT.
campaigns.nfuonline.com/page/72051/pet…
Here's the letter it sent to sugar beet growers across the UK. The link seems to be members-only. It is closed to the public, for obvious reasons.
In public, the National Farmers Union claims to be defending our food and farming standards from a US trade deal. In private, it's secretly using Brexit as an opportunity to undermine them.
This is really shocking. Seven years after the EU ban on #neonicotinoid pesticides, there is still large-scale contamination, with "no clear declining trend". It suggests these poisons are extremely persistent. A global ban is urgently needed. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
These are extremely powerful biocides, whose impact on vast numbers of species they were not designed to kill is only beginning to be understood. Chemicals companies launched an Earth-scale experiment, before the necessary tests were conducted. #Insectageddon is just one result.
It's one of those moments when you ask yourself, "what have we done?"
Our new investigation just out detailing how @EPA is still approving products that contain the worst pesticides
This includes pesticides that EPA has mandated use reductions or incentivized replacement like #chlorpyrifos, methyl bromide and #atrazine
biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/pest…
This includes pesticides that EPA has mandated use reductions or incentivized replacement like #chlorpyrifos, methyl bromide and #atrazine
biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/pest…
I went through FOIA records on new pesticide products that were approved by the EPA in 2017-2018 and found that most new pesticide product applications, about 94%, are ultimately approved
*All denials were procedural in nature, not because the product was deemed too dangerous
*All denials were procedural in nature, not because the product was deemed too dangerous
A review of individual ingredients in the products that were approved from 2017 to 2018 indicated that many contain the most hazardous pesticides still in use, some of which have been banned by multiple other countries and even targeted for phaseout in the United States
