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EU Commission wants curbs on pesticides to protect bees
2013-02-01 08:51:32| Chemicals - Topix.net
The European Commission said on Thursday it wanted the European Union's member states to restrict the use of pesticides linked to the decline of bees.
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Some bee-harming pesticides could face ban: EU Commission
2013-01-25 18:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The European Commission is considering law to ban pesticides linked to the decline of bees, a spokesman said on Friday. A report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) earlier this month said three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer posed an acute risk to honeybees. "We could advocate measures. The Commission is looking at all the facts and the responses from the companies," its health spokesman Frederic Vincent said on Friday. "We have to take...
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