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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12011

28 April 2018
SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity
Member states back almost complete ban on three bee-killing neonicotinoids
Brussels, 27/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

Friday 27 April 2018 will be seen as a red-letter day for bee populations. EU member states finally agreed to a virtually total ban on the three neonicotinoids (clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam) most harmful to bees by the end of the year. The three pesticides have been subject to a partial ban in the EU since 2013.

The decision comes as great relief to those working to protect all species of bees and biodiversity, the fates of which have provoked an unprecedented level of...

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