1. Bee scandal.
- Author
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Pearce, Fred
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BEES , *INSECTICIDES & the environment , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *PESTICIDE use regulations , *NEONICOTINOIDS , *BEE colonies - Abstract
The article looks at research on the possible harm to bees caused by insecticides and the potential impacts of the study on the British government's pesticide policy. It discusses the controversy over possible misinterpretation of a study by researcher Helen Thompson on the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on bee colonies which it says was used by British government officials in 2013 to justify their opposition to a European Union (EU) ban on such pesticides.
- Published
- 2015
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