This is about a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. It is supposed to be responsible for the demise of the bees, and now birds seem to be affected too. Big Chemicals succeeded in staving off an immediate EU ban a few weeks ago.
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The French government is planning to ban a widely used agricultural pesticide in order to protect bees. Made by a Swiss company, it is called Cruiser OSR, and it is coated onto the seeds of rape plants.
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The rats with the family history of fungicide exposure weighed more and had higher testosterone levels than the others. They were also more anxious, more sensitive to stress, and showed greater activity in stress-related regions of the brain than descendants of unexposed rats.
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Police uncover widespread smuggling ring that distributed banned German pesticides and fertilisers to hundreds of Danish farmers. The case is becoming poison for the reputation of Danish farmers — and may already have poisoned Denmark’s drinking water.
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A court in the French city of Lyon has ruled US pesticides maker Monsanto was responsible for the poisoning of a farmer who had used one of their products on his crops. Paul Francois says he suffered neurological problems including memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling Monsanto’s Lasso weedkiller in 2004.
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