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Neonicotinoids
... your breath away – just five maize seeds treated with neonicotinoids are enough to kill a grey partridge.” Neonics are used ... The organic solution There is absolutely no need for neonicotinoids in our gardens or allotments. Garden Organic strongly opposes ...
Jun 29 2021 - 10:12am
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Pests and diseases
... for the birds and other wildlife that eat the pests. See Neonicotinoids and Glyphosate Choose plants and varieties that are ...
Jun 18 2020 - 9:56am
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Soil Association scientific briefing reveals new data on impact of neonics on pollinators
... in London on 28 April 2016, showed a staggering 97% of the neonicotinoids brought back to honeybee hives in pollen could come from ... Services (IPBES), recent research on population impacts of neonicotinoids, and new research on the risk posed by neonicotinoids and other ...
Apr 28 2016 - 2:13pm
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New research exposes secret cocktail of toxic pesticides in hedgerows and wildflowers
... farmland. These chemical cocktails could make the impact of neonicotinoids up to 1000 times more potent than previously realised. One ... seen as contributing to these declines. In addition to neonicotinoids, farmers may spray some non-organic crops a dozen or more times ...
Jan 28 2016 - 10:56am
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New study finds neonicotinoid insecticides linked to wild bee decline across England
... Exposure to oilseed rape crops which have been treated with neonicotinoids has been linked to the long-term population decline of wild bee ... spanning the introduction of wide-scale commercial use of neonicotinoids . The decline was, on average, three times stronger among ...
Aug 18 2016 - 12:04pm
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Major advances in the fight against neonics
... State, refused to sanction use of insecticides which include neonicotinoids. Earlier this year, the NFU made an application to use banned neonicotinoids insecticides on oil seed rape crops, on behalf of farmers whose ...
May 4 2017 - 4:03pm
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Neonics - two new field studies show disastrous effects on bees
... bees. According to the lead author, Dr Ben Woodcock, "The neonicotinoids investigated caused a reduced capacity for all three bee species ... country alone there was no evidence of a negative effect of neonicotinoids. It appears our UK honeybees are already tending to be more ...
Jul 3 2017 - 1:22pm
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Worrying level of pesticides found in 'Bee Friendly' plants
... Equally shocking is that Dr Goulson's team found neonicotinoids at concentrations known to be dangerous to bees. The news ... pollen, and encounter problems of navigation. See Neonicotinoids . However, in 2014, Greenpeace published a report which ...
May 15 2017 - 9:05am
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Neonics - UK to back ban says Gove
... duty to act. Among the potential threats to pollinators are neonicotinoids, a type of pesticide." He writes "the UK will be supporting further restrictions on neonicotinoids. Unless the evidence base changes again, the government will ...
Nov 13 2017 - 9:55am
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How safe are garden centre plants?
... bouquet. Seventy per cent of the plants contained neonicotinoids (insecticides that are notorious for their harmful effects on ... and tiny amounts can be detected. The concentrations of neonicotinoids typically found in the nectar and pollen of treated crops such ...
Oct 3 2017 - 4:58pm