Brussels, 28/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - PAN Europe, the European anti-pesticides network, has filed a complaint to the European Court of Justice, asking it to cancel the Sulfoxaflor authorisation.
The organisation criticises the fact that at the end of July, the European Commission authorised this pesticide despite the fact that the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) considers it to be highly toxic to bees. The chemical is similar to the three “neonicotinoids”, pesticides upon which the...