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When the report was released, Peter Melchett, policy director of the Soil Association, which has been working to ban neonicotinoids in the UK, commented that since the report was funded by Bayer Crop Sciences and Syngenta, "it was probably unlikely to conclude that neonicotinoids should be banned". The spokesperson further stated: "On the one ...
Thiamethoxam was developed by Ciba-Geigy (now Syngenta) in 1991 [9] and launched in 1998; [10] a patent dispute arose with Bayer which already had patents covering other neonicotinoids including imidacloprid and clothianidin. In 2002 the dispute was settled, with Syngenta paying Bayer $120 million in exchange for worldwide rights to thiamethoxam.
A pesticide that is lethally toxic to bees has been approved for emergency use in the UK for a fourth year in a row, sparking anger from environmental groups who described it as a “death blow ...
28 February – Sally Holland, the former Children's Commissioner for Wales, gives evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry, and tells the hearing that children's needs were not taken into account during the pandemic, with parks and play areas reopening after pubs, and the closure of schools reminding people that schools are much more than providers of ...
In March 2020, nurseries, schools, and colleges in the United Kingdom were shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By 20 March, all schools in the UK had closed for all in-person teaching, except for children of key workers and children considered vulnerable. With children at home, teaching took place online. [1]
In response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government issued advice to English schools on 12 March 2020 that they should cancel trips abroad, [4] and on 16 March that the public should avoid non-essential travel, crowded places, and visits to care homes. [5] This was followed by the closure of schools, colleges and nurseries from ...
(This story was updated to add new information.) Public schools and libraries across the U.S. are still facing a rise of book challenges due to recent state and local policies that have ...
1 January – The UK government announces that all primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the winter term. [1]2 January – Teaching unions have told primary school staff it is unsafe to return to school and urged them to implement remote learning as pressure grows on the government to keep schools closed for the first two weeks of January following its decision to do so ...