In the light of new scientific data proving that two new generation neonicotinoids, sulfoxaflor and flupyradifurone, approved in 2015 by the EU, are highly toxic to bees, MEP Éric Andrieu (S&D, France), who was the Chair of Parliament’s special ‘PEST’ committee, denounced, on Tuesday 8 December, Member States’ attempts to keep them on the market.
However, the Commission proposed that outdoor uses of sulfoxaflor should be banned on the basis of the EFSA evaluation and that the...