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Diquat was the UK’s most exported banned pesticide last year, according to the analysis, which found that Syngenta’s UK shipments of the pesticide made up 60% (5,123 tonnes) of the total ...
Emergency use of three pesticides that can be deadly to bees will soon be stopped for good, the government has said. Neonicotinoids were banned in 2018 but sugar beet farmers have been given ...
Thiamethoxam was banned in the UK and EU in 2018 and environmental groups have accused the Government of falling behind on aims to reduce pesticides by allowing its continued use.
The samples were collected from food products, produced both within and outside the EU, and pesticides that were analysed included compounds that are banned in the EU (e.g. Dichlorvos). In 97.2% of the samples, there were residue levels below the determined Maximum Residue Limit. No detectable residues were found in 53.3% of the samples, while ...
The UK made similar decisions in 2022, 2023, and 2024 but in these three years the predicted incidence level of yellow virus was met, and in March 2024 it was announced that the use of Cruiser SB (a pesticide which contains thiamethoxam) would be allowed for a third consecutive year. [34] [35]
The Pesticide Survey, USA 1987 through 1996, reports that the total annual domestic agricultural usage of dicofol averaged about 860,000 pounds active ingredient (a.i.) for about 720,000 acres (2,900 km 2) treated. Most of the area is treated with 2 pounds a.i. or less per application, and the average acre is treated with about 1.2 pounds a.i ...
Neonicotinoids destroy bees’ nervous systems and are banned in Europe, but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021. Bee-killing pesticides found in 85% of English rivers ...
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 ...