In a decision shrouded in secrecy and opposed in a petition signed by over 500,000 people, the UK government has moved to suspend an EU ban on pesticides that have been shown to cause serious harm to bees. The move came in response to an “emergency” application from the National Farmers Union (NFU), who claim the neonicotinoid pesticides are needed to protect crops from the flea beetle, but environmental and wildlife groups have deemed the decision “scandalous.”
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