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Posted Thu Apr 25 2013: from
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EU set to ban pesticides blamed for decline of bees http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1366923877
The EU appears set to impose a two-year ban on the use of insecticides blamed for a sharp and worrying decline in bee populations, an EU source said Thursday....
Under EU procedure, if Monday's vote is the same, the Commission has the authority to proceed on its own with the ban.
"The most likely outcome will be the same as last time ... and in that case, the Commission will decide to put the ban into operation," the source said.
The Commission wants the insecticides banned for use on four major crops--maize (corn), rape seed, sunflowers and cotton--in a bid to protect the bee population....
Experts have isolated three compounds causing concern--clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, known as neonicotinoids--which are present in insecticides produced by pharmaceutical giants Bayer of Germany and Switzerland's Syngenta.
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