Europe's top court rules in favor of bees banning three insecticides

Friday, May 18th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

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The EU's top court has backed an almost complete EU-wide ban on the use of three insecticides, which studies have linked to declining bee populations. Chemicals giants Bayer and Syngenta had gone to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) hoping to get the restrictions on neo-nicotinoids overturned. Read full article

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“Europe's top court rules in favor of bees banning three insecticides”

Sloppy English...I didn't realise bees could ban insecticides...

Good result though, I'm forever giving exhausted bees a little sugar water on a saucer during the summer...seems to revive them...
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