Insights and Stories on Neonicotinoids

Field studies fuel dispute over whether neonics harm bees

Jun. 30, 2017 at 7:51 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Two major studies into how bees are affected by a group of pesticides banned in Europe gave mixed results on Thursday, fuelling a row over whether the neonicotinoid pesticides are safe. The studies, one conducted across three European countries and another in Canada, found some negative […]

Greig: Ontario environment minister reaches out to farmers

Nov. 24, 2016 at 9:51 pm CST

By John Greig

Long-term U.K. study links neonics to wild bee declines

Aug. 16, 2016 at 12:26 pm CDT

By Kate Kelland

Close up view of the working bees on honeycells.

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:42 pm CDT

By Staff

France’s Senate suspends palm oil tax, delays neonic ban

May. 13, 2016 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Reuters

In risks to bees, study finds not all neonics equal

Apr. 28, 2016 at 2:29 pm CDT

London | Reuters — A group of chemical insecticides known as neonicotinoids that have been banned in Europe due to fears about potential harm to bees have been found in new research to have very differential risks for bumblebees. Scientists who conducted the research said their findings showed that at […]

By Kate Kelland

Ontario court rejects grower appeal on neonic rules

Apr. 21, 2016 at 7:39 pm CDT

The group representing Ontario’s corn and soybean growers, seeking a stay on the province’s new restrictions for use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, won’t get its wish from the provincial Court of Appeal. The appeal court on Wednesday dismissed a March 9 application from Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) seeking an […]

By Staff

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

Mar. 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, […]

By Reuters

Environment commissioner criticizes neonic registrations

Jan. 26, 2016 at 4:09 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) can grant a five-year provisional license to some products to […]

By David Ljunggren

Ontario weighs mandatory beekeeping practices in draft plan

Jan. 25, 2016 at 7:26 pm CST

Fresh off limiting farmers’ use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, the Ontario government now wants public comment on further moves it might make to improve the health of bees and other pollinators in the province. Among the “potential actions” up for consideration in the province’s new draft action plan are the use […]

By Staff

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