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In Switzerland, where neonicotinoids were never used in alpine areas, neonics were banned because of accidental poisonings of bee populations and the relatively low safety margin for other beneficial insects. [69]
In April 2018, member states of the European Union agreed upon a total ban on neonicotinoid insecticide use, except within closed greenhouses. [74] The vote on the proposed ban followed a February 2018 report from the EFSA which concluded that neonicotinoids posed a high risk to both domestic and wild bees. [75]
In February 2018, the European Food Safety Authority published a new report indicating that neonicotinoids pose a serious danger to both honey bees and wild bees. [31] In April 2018, the member states of the European Union decided to ban the three main neonicotinoids (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam) for all outdoor uses. [32]
The bill would have banned uses of neonicotinoids — commonly called neonics — as well as selling or distributing soybean and cereal grain seeds that are coated in the substance. The pesticides ...
Barnaby Coupe, land use policy manager at The Wildlife Trusts, said: “The farming minister’s decision to authorise the use of a banned neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet for the fourth year ...
Opinion: NJ's limited law that regulates neonicotinoids — a class of insecticides – must be expanded. New York and Vermont can be learned from. NY and Vermont are tackling dangerous insecticides.
The imidacloprid pesticide Gaucho was banned in 1999 by the French Minister of Agriculture Jean Glavany, primarily due to concern over potential effects on honey bees. [143] [144] [145] While French beekeepers succeeded in banning neonicotinoids, the Clinton administration permitted pesticides that were previously banned, [146] including ...
In 2004, the French Minister of Agriculture suspended the use of imidacloprid as a seed treatment for sunflowers and maize (corn). Certain imidacloprid seed treatments were also temporarily banned in Italy, following preliminary monitoring studies that identified correlations between bee losses and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. [58]