An emergency application for the use of a neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet in England has been denied by the UK government, in another crushing blow ...
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The Government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other pollinators. The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar ...
as a seed treatment for sugar beet to protect against aphids that carry yellows virus – which can damage the crop. But Environment Minister Emma Hardy decided not to grant the authorisation for ...