Update: European Union (EU) Bans Neonicotinoid Pesticides!

EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
(Damian CARRINGTON, The Guardian; 27 April 2018)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/eu-agrees-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides

Neonicotinoids:  risks to bees confirmed
[News Release, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); 28 February 2018]
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/180228



Research Publications:


Nerve agents in honey
(CONNELLY, 2017)
http://agri.ckcest.cn/ass/b5774497-45c9-4f81-bc46-09ab4d7d81f5.pdf

Report of the Special Rapporteur to the right to food
(United Nations General Assembly, A/HRC/34/48; 24 January 2017)
https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/017/85/PDF/G1701785.pdf?OpenElement



N. B.:  For more information on Neonicotinoids, please refer to "Blog Archives" for my former blog posts under the following titles and dates:


Possible Neonicotinoid Pesticide Ban in EU                                                                  3/1/2018

In Defense of Bees:  Temporary Pesticide Ban of Closer™ SC and Transform™ in France                                                                                                                                                   11/27/2017

 Pesticide Fate and Drinking Water Quality Research                                                 5/23/2017
  


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