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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12307

31 July 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity
EFSA recommends a specific risk assessment of pesticides to better protect bats
Brussels, 30/07/2019 (Agence Europe)

The current risk assessment methodology performed for birds and ground dwelling mammals exposed to pesticides in the EU is not sufficiently protective of bats, although a protected species of great importance for ecosystem services, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) stressed in a scientific opinion published on 29 July in the form of a declaration.

These flying mammals help to regulate arthropod populations, including pest species in farmland, forests and urban areas. 

The EFSA...

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