Stop UK farmers using bee killing pesticide banned in EU

Stop UK farmers using bee killing pesticide banned in EU

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10 January 2021
Signatures: 107,979Next Goal: 150,000
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Started by Chloe Briers

"UK farmers have been given the green light to use a bee-killing pesticide banned by the EU due to the biodiversity crisis facing the planet.Environment secretary George Eustice has agreed to let a product containing the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to treat sugar beet seed this year in an effort to protect the crop from a virus." This is a direct quote from The London Economic on UK farmers being given the go ahead by the environment secretary to use bee killing pesticide to protect crops, however with no bees there is no crops, and no people. The UK has seen a decrease of up to a THIRD its bee population in just the last decade. The government knows this is dangerous to our countries pollinators but they're ignoring it so we have to do soemthing about it.

Wildlife trusts have this to say (quote from The London Economic) : Bad news for bees: The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union to agree the use of a highly damaging pesticide.The government know the clear harm that neonicotinoid pesticides cause to bees and other pollinators and just three years ago supported restrictions on them across the European Union. Insects perform vital roles such as pollination of crops and wildflowers, and nutrient recycling, but so many have suffered drastic declines.”

For more information I'll leave links to different articles. And please #savethebees

THE LONDON ECONOMIC 

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/uk-farmers-given-go-ahead-to-use-bee-killing-pesticide-banned-by-eu/09/01/#.X_rrYjQw1is.facebook

THE INDEPENDANT

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bees-kill-pesticide-insect-sugar-neonic-b1784693.html%3famp

THE GUARDIAN 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/09/pesticide-believed-kill-bees-authorised-use-england-eu-farmers

THE TELEGRAPH

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/08/bee-killing-pesticide-banned-eu-approved-government/amp/

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