Tag: Pesticides
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Beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika mosquito toxin kills 2.5m bees
‘It kills everything’: conservationist warns over threat to other animalsRegulators: ‘clear and public health crisis’ allows use of Naled chemical
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Extra virgin ‘100% real’ olive oil goes on sale in UK
French Querubi oil, claiming to be produced without insecticides or fertilisers, aims to stand out in an industry plagued by fraud
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From antibiotics to fossil fuels: the inconvenient truth about sustainability
Humanity has spent the last century creating life-changing luxuries. Here’s why our next move should be learning how to wean ourselves off these wonders
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Do farmers really need bee-harming insecticides?
Syngenta says some farmers have no choice but to use banned neonicotinoids, which are linked to declining bee populations. But is it true that no alternatives exist? With your help, Karl Mathiesen investigates.Let us know your thoughts. Post in the comments below, email [email protected] or tweet @karlmathiesen
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“If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live” – Albert Einstein
EU countries will vote on plans to ban bee killing pesticides. Spain, Germany and the UK are threatening to block the ban, under the pressure of the chemical lobby. Not a single bee has never sent you an invoice. And that is part of the problem – because most of what comes to us from…