With bees on the endangered list and the terrible consequences that will arrive to pass if they become extinct,France has taken a drastic step in an attempt to save the population of pollinating insects.
As reported by Organic Consumers, the European nation has decided to ban all five pesticides that scientists believe are responsible for killing bees.
Both beekeepers and environmentalists occupy praised the go, and but others,including cereal and sugar beet farmers occupy issued stark warnings approximately the go instead. They occupy warned that their crops could well be left defenseless against harmful insects aside from bees that destroy their produce.
Just recently, the European Union ruled to ban three of the five neonicotinoid pesticides — clothianidin, and imidacloprid,and thiamethoxam — but France decided to save a blanket ban on the two excluded by the EU’s ban as well, thiacloprid and acetamiprid. The ban from the European Union starts on December 19 this year.
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Source: inquisitr.com