In 2013 the EU imposed a moratorium on three of the most toxic of the neonicotinoid pesticides in an attempt to save wild bee populations. Now farmers have applied to lift the ban, writes Nat Whalley. Time to call on environment secretary Liz Truss, who today receives a 300,000-signature 'save the bees' petition, to say 'No!'
… Keep our bees safe! Liz Truss must say no to neonics … | 5th June 2015 Comment Farming Natural World Bees Toxics Politics Law Corporations … today receives a 300,000-signature 'save the bees' petition, to say 'No!' Not so long ago, …
Chemical giant Bayer has failed in its attempt to sue Friends of the Earth Germany over its claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add the neonicotinoid to the three already banned.
… Bees victory in pesticide battle - Bayer libel … claims that its pesticide Thiacloprid harms bees. Now pressure is growing on the EU to add … that two of its pesitcide formulations harm bees. A judge in Dusseldorf has ruled that …
Bees in Britain are looking enviously at their EU neighbours. The EU is set to extend a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides - but agri-chemical lobbyists have the ear of pro-Brexit Tories, argues Molly Scott Cato MEP. The member of the European Parliament’s Agricultural Committee responds to our report in The Ecologist on Friday about new corporate funded research confirming the threat to bees. She argues it is now time to redouble our efforts to protect our vital pollinators.
… Scott Cato MEP | 3rd July 2017 News Brexit Bees Tories Greens MEPs Neonicotinoids … Pesticides 13580817565_fbf0bcafee_o.jpg Bees in Britain are looking enviously at their … funded research confirming the threat to bees. She argues it is now time to redouble …
They may have wanted to leave Europe behind but Brexiteers still want the same - if not higher levels of environmental protection - for the UK's wild bee populations and natural wild places says a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and published today
… overwhelmingly backs EU rules to protect bees and nature Friends of the Earth | 25th August 2016 News Brexit Bees Wildlife Environmental Protection Friends … - including Britain's under-threat bees - according to a new YouGov survey for …
Blaming 'lack of time', Syngenta withdraws its emergency application to use a seed treatment blamed for killing bees. Friends of the Earth and 38 Degrees claim victory - but Syngenta warns: we'll be back!
… to use a seed treatment blamed for killing bees. Friends of the Earth and 38 Degrees … in April 2013. The ban is intended to protect bees and other pollinators that can consume … welcomed the move. "Our under-threat bees can breathe a bit easier this evening" , …
The expected ban on neonicotinoids to protect bees has rightly created a lot of buzz. But will Michael Gove as environment secretary ignore the chemicals industry lobby and retain regulations after Brexit? MOLLY SCOTT CATO, a Green party MEP, counsels vigilance
… The expected ban on neonicotinoids to protect bees has rightly created a lot of buzz. But … CATO, a Green party MEP, counsels vigilance Bees across Europe can take a buzz of relief: … pesticides, that have been shown to decimate bees and other pollinating insects. …
Previously suppressed documents show that Bayer and Syngenta, the makers of controversial 'neonic' insecticides subject to an EU ban, took part in and sought to influence a key meeting of pesticide experts to decide whether to lift a ban on their use in the UK.
… have been linked to serious harm in bees, including a drastic reduction in queens, … and were banned across the EU in 2013 . Bees and other pollinators are essential for …
After leaving the EU the government could allow dangerous pesticides banned elsewhere in Europe to be used in the UK, writes Keith Tyrell. Today, Pesticides Action Network is launching a new campaign calling on citizens to fight back against the pesticide industry - and ensure that EU directives and regulations serve as a baseline for British pesticide laws.
… use of pesticides that are highly toxic to bees and other pollinator species What should … pesticides in your food, greater threats to bees and wildlife Approximately 60% of the … approach. This would be a disaster for bees and other pollinators in the UK. We need …
Pesticide companies are responsible for assessing the safety of their products, writes Christopher N Connolly - and this situation cannot continue. The research should be carried out independently, subjected to peer review, and published.
… for studies on the risks of pesticides to bees and other pollinators from the … a simple lethal dose at which 50% ( LD50 ) of bees or pollinators die is too crude a test to …
Brussels is a city of ruthless, well-resourced corporate lobbyists. And unlike ordinary EU citizens, they enjoy priviliged access to officials, negotiators and parliamentarians, and are used to getting their own way. That's a state of affairs that David Lundy & Olivier Hoedeman are determined to end with their 'citizens tours' of EU Lobbyland ...
Exposing the secrets of the EU's corporate Lobbyland David Lundy Olivier Hoedeman Corporate Europe Observatory | 28th April 2015 Activism EU Trade Corporations Corporate Europe Observatory …
The UK's controversial pesticide policies have resulted in 36 toxic chemicals banned in the EU being allowed by the government post-Brexit.
… pesticides that pose a high toxicity risk to bees, one that contaminates water, and another … fall far behind those of the EU. “With UK bees and other pollinators in decline, and our …
After an apparent cave-in to Europe's pesticide industry, the European Food Safety Authority's latest guidance on pesticides conflicts with European law, writes Georgina Downs - by ignoring the real-life agrochemical exposure of rural residents. Commission President Juncker must step in and demand the withdrawal of this disgraceful document.
… EU legislation. EFSA was willing to protect bees but has failed to protect people It is … in the existing risk assessment for bees and subsequently advised the European … human health is even higher than that of bees: the Article 4 duty in the PPP Regulation …
Campaigners fear that the abolition of DECC, the department of energy and climate change, indicates that climate will take a low priority in Theresa May's policy agenda. Meanwhile the pro-fracking, pro-nuclear Andrea Leadsom is in charge of environment department Defra.
Dis-May-ed! DECC scrapped, Leadsom to run Environment Oliver Tickell | 14th July 2016 News Politics UK Energy Climate Change Brexit Economics leadsom-cut.jpg Campaigners fear that the abolition of …
The EU's 'rapporteur state' on glyphosate, Germany, has recommended re-approval of the herbicide with its daily intake increased by 67%, write Drs Nancy Swanson and Mae Wan Ho. The verdict is based on a re-assessment carried out by Monsanto and a consortium of chemical companies, based on unpublished industry studies. It should be rejected outright.
… organs, and no unacceptable effect on bees. Therefore any risks are within …
Thirty years ago today, Union Carbide's pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, released toxic gases that killed 3,787 people and injured over half a million, writes Vijay Prashad. The site is still contaminated, victims remain uncompensated, and the area suffers from a high rate of serious birth defects. Yet UC's CEO evaded justice, to die in a Florida nursing home this year at the age of 92.
Bhopal 30 years on - justice evaded, but the fight goes on Vijay Prashad | 3rd December 2014 Comment India USA Law Toxics Corporations bhopal-union_carbide_cut.jpg Thirty years ago today, Union …
Apparent 'victories' in the fight against toxic chemicals - like the EU's failure to re-approve glyphosate yesterday - are illusory, writes Jonathan Latham. The real problem is not one of specific 'bad actors', but the entire system that allows new, likely to be toxic compounds to pollute the environment in near-total ignorance of their impacts. It's time to take our campaigning to a whole new level.
… toxicology. For example, data on adult honey bees is typically extrapolated to every stage …
Energy and resource efficiency could form the basis of a positive case for remaining in the EU.
Brexit, energy and cooperation Natalie Bennett | 22nd October 2018 Comment Brexit Energy Power IEM Green Party Renewable Energy hydrogen.jpg Energy and resource efficiency could form the basis of a …
With the International Monsanto Tribunal beginning this week (14-16 October) in The Hague, MICK GRANT reports from Vietnam with this special investigation for The Ecologist five decades after the company's lethal herbicide Agent Orange first devastated the country - and discovers the agribusiness giant is sneaking its way back into Vietnam with modern herbicides and 'Roundup-Ready' GMO crops.
First Agent Orange, now Roundup: what's Monsanto up to in Vietnam? Ecologist Special Investigation Mick Grant | 10th October 2016 News Vietname Health Pesticide Toxics Corporations War Farming agent …
This Tuesday voters in Oregon and Colorado will have the chance to strike a decisive blow for consumers' right to know by forcing the labeling of GMO ingredients. Big Food is spending big to mislead and confuse voters, writes Ronnie Cummins - but the outcome is looking too close to call.
… their cells-severely damage or kill birds, bees, butterflies, lab rats, farm animals and …
The National Farmers Union has been issuing dire warnings that if UK taxpayers do not keep on paying landowners billions of pounds of annual subsidies after Brexit, many will simply give up farming altogether. So, asks CHRISTOPHER SANDOM, how would our countryside change if they followed through on that threat? (Or was it a promise?)
… partridge, skylark, lapwing, as well as many bees and butterflies, would find fewer places …
The risk of cancer from the world's top herbicide, glyphosate, is just the tip of the iceberg of health damage caused by exposure to pesticides and other toxic agrochemicals, writes Georgina Downs. It's time for governments to correct their scandalous failure to protect rural residents from the cocktails of poisons sprayed on crops.
… loss of beneficial organisms and impact on bees of $1.2bn, $520m and $283m respectively. … of pesticides implicated in the decline of bees, or others. This really rather misses the …