The Uk Government Is Under Mounting Pressure to Ban A... [Derived Headline]

Summary

---

The UK Government is under mounting pressure to ban a toxic pesticide after new evidence suggested it could be to blame for the catastrophic collapse of Britain's bee populations.

A Dutch scientific study says that bees could be poisoned by long- term exposure to small concentrations of nicotine-based insecticides known as neonicotinoids. They are widely used by British farmers to kill insects that damage crops.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

The Uk Government Is Under Mounting Pressure to Ban A... [Derived Headline]

Because of concerns that they may be wiping out bees, their use has been banned or restricted in France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia. So far, however, the UK Government has resisted calls fo...

See the full content of this document

---