J.Sʜᴀʀᴘ🌍🇺🇦Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ&DᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏMar 5, 2024

☠️ 🐝 Sugar beet farmers have the green light to use a banned pesticide deadly to #bees following a forecast that a #virus could sweep through their crops

#RichardBenwell, the CEO of #Wildlife and #Countryside Link, said: "To have FOUR emergency authorisations in a row makes a mockery of the ban, and now the trigger has been reached, nature will once again have to endure exposure to this harmful chemical" ⏩

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68471101 #Environment #News

Bee-harming neonicotinoid use "makes a mockery" of ban

A threat posed by a virus to the UK's sugar beet means a banned pesticide can now be used on seeds.

BBC News
Show threadGino BrignoliNov 9, 2022
#RichardBenwell from #WildlifeAndCountrysideLink asks if #DEFRA can halt the decline of Nature.? What is needed to see-off the #AttackOnNature? There is no data underpinning gov policies for delivery of nature protection. “We need bigger, better & more joined up data”.