Most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, according to a new risk assessment published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on Wednesday 28 February.
This scientific opinion updates EFSA’s conclusions of 2013 which led the European Commission to impose restrictions, still in force today, on the use of three neonicotinoids – thiamethoxam (produced by Syngenta), clothianidin and imidacloprid (both by Bayer) – because of the threat they...