Neonicotinoid Pesticides
latest news & developments![, on February 8 – Soybean fields in Argentina are often fumigated with glyphosate, a herbicide which is probably carcinogenic according to the World Health Organization (WHO), but which is needed to maintain crops of transgenic seeds. The first trial for the possible effects of Round Up -Monsanto’s polemic herbicide containing gliphosate- starts on July […]](https://images.newsteam.io/image/2560/2Bq28FuGKoK2F2CChPZk9XLRvWmk7bCJ7BDwQEtECF83QFqDSoKW6D5RsqqXnAm76Dg5frRpcPqDkmtX61UM34knyWhbmMrDmTAWUN6nrY98GKzt9VT2AK2tUSj28x9QQJk53hq28GrHzyQkajYgVCv)
EU ships banned bee-killing pesticides to South Africa and other countries
Neonicotinoid, manufactured by Syngenta and Beyer, is banned in the European Union because it kills pollinators and causes other environmental harms
Africa must act on pesticide ‘double standards’
Humanity has long recognised the essential role of pollinating bees and insects in sustaining life and health, so much so that generations of parents have used the phrase “the…