Brussels, 29/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - Very soon after the European Commission decision to suspend three neonicotinoid pesticides which are harmful to bees, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Tuesday 27 May highlighted the risk of extreme danger to the health of honeybees from another insecticide, Fipronil.
This broad-spectrum insecticide, which belongs to the phenylpyrazole chemical family, presents a high risk to bees when it is used to treat maize seeds, a new EFSA report...