Goodish news for the EU - the industrial lobby that flogs insect neurotoxins hasn't won for a change. Yet. This is only a restricted two year ban. But "Neonicotinoids are widely-used in Australia, and as yet there is no mention of restrictions on their use. ... So far, the focus of this review appears to be on honey bees. As many of Australia’s native pollinators are still understudied and undervalued, the impact of neonicotinoids on native insects is unclear." That is, we have no idea what effect this stuff has on our native bees and the native plants they pollinate, all of which are under severe stress. Doesn't anyone remember Silent Spring?
Source: Neonicotinoid ban eases the stress on bees
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