UK government found to have broken environmental law by allowing banned bee-killing pesticide on farms
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Pippa Neill
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The UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) breached environmental law when it granted emergency authorisation for farmers to use the banned bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB (containing thiamethoxam) on sugar beet crops in 2023 and 2024. The Office for Environmental Protection found the department failed to follow proper legal procedures. The pesticide is highly toxic to bees, with one teaspoon capable of killing 1.25 billion honeybees.
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bskyUK government found to have broken environmental law by allowing banned bee-killing pesticide on farmstheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe UK government breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a bee-killing pesticide, a watchdog has found.
One teaspoon of this is enough to kill 1.25bn honeybees, according to Prof Dave Goulson, a bee expert at the University of Sussex.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in the then Conservative government granted emergency authorisation to allow farmers to use a banned neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet crops.
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