JuneSim63 · @junesim63
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Observer editorial on the disgraceful decision by the Tory government to continue to allow farmers to use deadly, bee-killing neonicotinoids.
Of course, most of the UK's sugar beet (the main crop these chemicals are used for) is grown in the East of England, a Conservative Party heartland, with many sugar beet farmers also donors to the party.
Follow the money.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#bees #ecology #Environment #biodiversity #torybritain #neonics #SugarBeet #UK

Last updated 2 years ago

BBC News - Bee-harming pesticide use given emergency authorisation


Bee-harming pesticide use given emergency authorisation

Permission to treat sugar beet seeds with a pesticide that can harm bees is given by the government.

bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ

#pesticides #bees #SugarBeet

Last updated 2 years ago

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