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Baseless Scare Campaigns And Politics Lead To EU Ban On Class Of Insecticides
In a blow for science-based, independent regulatory processes, the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed today voted to extend a European Union-wide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides used in farming. This is despite there being no scientific evidence to suggest that the environment or bee health benefited at all from the 2013 restrictions in the European Union. Matthew Cossey, CEO of CropLife Australia, said today, that “agricultural chemical regulatory decisions made on…
