#Neonics

Riverford

Riverford

Unfortunately, previously banned neonicotinoid pesticides are back on the menu in British farming. The UK government have regressed on this EU-wide ban in granting an emergency use of sugar beet

Thomas Oliver 🐝

thomasroliveruk

Neonicotinoids and why they need to stay banned #SciComm #ScienceTwitter #SaveTheBees #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis Neonicotinoids were banned by the EU in 2018 following multiple scientific studies which proved their severe detrimental

Josie Cohen

josiecoh

1/ - Great to see lots of outrage about @DefraGovUK's decision to allow sugar beet farmers to use #neonics. Here is a thread with some of detail and nuance that

McArt Lab

McArtLab

For pollinator week, we’re releasing our 432-page risk-benefit analysis for neonicotinoid insecticides (see link below). A brief synopsis via this thread (1/18)…. https://pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/pollinator-research-cornell/neonicoti

Tom Clarke

Tom_Clarke

Ok, It's confession time: My name is Tom. I'm a nature friendly-farmer, anti-Brexit, climate change activist. Over 15% of my farm is dedicated to measures which enhance nature. I also

Feedback

feedbackorg

The emergency authorisation of #neonicotinoids for #sugarbeet is a sticking plaster that distracts from the industry's much bigger problem.Sugar is bad for us, and we grow far too much of

Harry Siviter

harrysiviter

Hi Robert – Always happy to chat about our results. For the future trying to start a ‘civil discussion’ by commenting on our ‘flawed results’ might not be the best

Tom Philpott

tomphilpott

Truly mind-boggling that at this point, with global bird and insect populations under severe pressure, the UN's Food & Ag Organization @FAO would launch an alliance with the ... pesticide

CEEweb

CEEwebEurope

Bees: sociable, sophisticated & inspiring, these tiny animals contribute c. €22 billion each year to the #EU economy! But their populations have declined by over 75% in the last 30

Elliot Chapman-Jones

ElliotCJ

#EnvironmentBill Report Stage starts with @pow_rebecca explaining the Bill's delay - saying Govt "remains committed to getting this Bill on the statute books" and promises Royal Assent by Autumn. Watch

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