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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11702

13 January 2017
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environement
NGOs say it is high time that all neonicotinoid pesticides are banned
Brussels, 12/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

Environmental NGOS supporting a total ban on the neonicotinoids responsible for killing bees and whose risks have been confirmed by scientists, made another appeal on Thursday 12 January. In their appeal, they called on the EU to take radical action and turn a deaf ear to any recriminations from the agricultural, industrial or seed lobbies.

This demand goes beyond the partial two-year moratorium on using three of the most dangerous neonicotinoids, as requested by the Commission in April...

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