‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

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Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union says Beekeepers and environmentalists in France have reacted furiously after parliament approved a bill reauthorising two banned pesticides scientists say can poison bees. “There are no words

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