Items Tagged 'Pesticides'

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News

• Wildflowers to be contaminated with banned insecticide, UK Government says herbicide use will stop flowers poisoning bees
• Thousands sign petition against Government’s emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide
• Common pesticides stop bees and flies from getting a good night’s sleep
• The Wildlife Trusts explore legal challenge to Government decision to allow emergency use of neonicotinoid
• EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
• Lifting ban on bee-killing pesticide would be ‘disaster for nature’
• Lack of research, weak regulation and a mix of over 150 pesticides - all the ingredients needed for a harmful cocktail of chemicals used in our countryside
• Sixty years later, book that launched environmental movement exposes Government’s inaction on pesticides
• Sussex researchers find pesticide use is linked to garden bird decline
• Study finds increased use of pesticides and fertiliser is driving bird population declines across UK and Europe
• Bee-killing pesticides found at wildlife-threatening levels in rivers around the country
• A call for toxic pesticides in pet medicines to be banned
• Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations
• Emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide is a “deathblow”, say The Wildlife Trusts
• Move to close the loophole of the use of banned pesticides
• SITC calls for new Government focus and support on halting the decline of insects and other invertebrates across the UK
• ‘Forever chemicals’ detected in UK food, prompting concerns regarding impact on human health
• Study shows that island bats are valuable allies for farmers
• Hedgerow protections passed into law before Parliament dissolves
• Hampstead Heath ponds where dogs swim contaminated with pesticides
• Nature boost: Government launches first action plan on pesticides in a decade
• More ambition needed to reduce pesticides, say The Wildlife Trusts
• South Downs National Park strengthens commitment to water as new report is published
• Nature is under threat from rapidly rising pesticide use
• Love Your Pet, Not Pesticides: New Report Warns of Flea and Tick Treatment Threat to Rivers
• New Study Finds Pesticides Contaminating 100% of UK Garden Birds Tested
• Pet owners urged to take care when using flea and tick treatments to help protect our waterways
• Government allows use of banned, butterfly-killing pesticides AGAIN
• Investigation reveals Government failed to comply with law over banned pesticides

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