I’d very much like the government to stop being evil for 5 seconds.
Isn’t this the same as most years where they allow requests for specific emergency use on a case-by-case basis. There are also very strict regulations on what can be planted in the affected fields for several years.
> EFSA published its evaluations on 18 November 2021 and concluded that all emergency authorisations were justified. The Commission is currently examining these reports.
Just as we got back to having a good amount of bees and people more interested in beekeeping some idiots decide we don’t need it again. really? do they not know that the future is just as important as the present ._.
Mildly interesting – I was the 10,000th signature. Anyway.
Great cause, hope it is prevented.
Sounds like they should make non-bee killing pesticide easier to get. What is all this special permission pesticide doing here? Sounds like they would rather use this one because it’s cheaper.
May as well just start a petition for the government to stop at this stage.
I did my Biology BSc at Uni of Sheffield 10 years ago.
My dissertation was a meta review of neonicotinoid use (the pesticide class) on the colony collapse disorder in the European Honey bee.
Shockingly found that pesticides were contributing to colony collapse disorder of the bees.
Shortly after I left Uni (and safe to say nothing to do with me) EU banned neonicotinoid use.
I was wandering Hohenheim University Gardens this month and saw experiments of impacts of neonicotinoids on other insects. Yes, they’re still bad it seems. /s
Interestingly, out of the 100 or so papers I cited, only 2 found no significant correlation. In the small print I found ‘funded by BayerCrop Science’. Funny that.
But hey, let’s have a Brexit Bonfire and kill Bees and Dump Shit in our Seas and Rivers and Deregulate Financial Services! 😀
Edit: Brevity, etc
They’re on the side of the big farmers,so what do you expect?
I came here to post this, I’m glad someone already has. I signed it.
FFS its like they just do the stupidest cruelest thing in any given situation
Why is the petition closed? Apparently it’s 6 months old but half of you say you signed
Just kill the planet for profit lmao.
These cunts.
Great thread and good read. Great comments too.
I believe it’s because there’s new evidence which suggests they aren’t nearly as bad as previously thought? IIRC, France re-introduced them and the effects on bees were pretty minimal.
The petition closed yesterday but it’s got over 10000 atleast
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I’d very much like the government to stop being evil for 5 seconds.
Isn’t this the same as most years where they allow requests for specific emergency use on a case-by-case basis. There are also very strict regulations on what can be planted in the affected fields for several years.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neonicotinoid-product-as-seed-treatment-for-sugar-beet-emergency-authorisation-application/defras-chief-scientific-advisers-advice-on-the-use-of-cruise-sb-for-sugar-beet
As the petition correctly states, it is also banned in the EU however they issued over 20 exemptions in 2020 for example.
https://food.ec.europa.eu/plants/pesticides/approval-active-substances/renewal-approval/neonicotinoids_en
> EFSA published its evaluations on 18 November 2021 and concluded that all emergency authorisations were justified. The Commission is currently examining these reports.
Just as we got back to having a good amount of bees and people more interested in beekeeping some idiots decide we don’t need it again. really? do they not know that the future is just as important as the present ._.
[This is highly relevant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6JYqQLZqQ), consider the less-monitored wild bees and not just commercially-kept ones.
I’ve not once seen a wasp this year.
Mildly interesting – I was the 10,000th signature. Anyway.
Great cause, hope it is prevented.
Sounds like they should make non-bee killing pesticide easier to get. What is all this special permission pesticide doing here? Sounds like they would rather use this one because it’s cheaper.
May as well just start a petition for the government to stop at this stage.
I did my Biology BSc at Uni of Sheffield 10 years ago.
My dissertation was a meta review of neonicotinoid use (the pesticide class) on the colony collapse disorder in the European Honey bee.
Shockingly found that pesticides were contributing to colony collapse disorder of the bees.
Shortly after I left Uni (and safe to say nothing to do with me) EU banned neonicotinoid use.
I was wandering Hohenheim University Gardens this month and saw experiments of impacts of neonicotinoids on other insects. Yes, they’re still bad it seems. /s
Interestingly, out of the 100 or so papers I cited, only 2 found no significant correlation. In the small print I found ‘funded by BayerCrop Science’. Funny that.
But hey, let’s have a Brexit Bonfire and kill Bees and Dump Shit in our Seas and Rivers and Deregulate Financial Services! 😀
Edit: Brevity, etc
They’re on the side of the big farmers,so what do you expect?
I came here to post this, I’m glad someone already has. I signed it.
[Interesting lecture about Neonicotinoids and bees](https://youtu.be/BtACFGJ62zU)
Fuck me – even *Michael Gove* was smart enough to oppose neonicotinoids
I was initially pretty outraged by this, but actually it seems to be only a one time emergency measure this year to prevent the loss of a quarter of a crop and the farmers union estimates that they won’t need it again. Source here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neonicotinoid-product-as-seed-treatment-for-sugar-beet-emergency-authorisation-application/statement-of-reasons-for-the-decision-on-the-application-for-emergency-authorisation-for-the-use-of-cruiser-sb-on-sugar-beet-crops-in-2022#:~:text=After%20careful%20consideration%20of%20all,sugar%20beet%20seed%20in%202022
FFS its like they just do the stupidest cruelest thing in any given situation
Why is the petition closed? Apparently it’s 6 months old but half of you say you signed
Just kill the planet for profit lmao.
These cunts.
Great thread and good read. Great comments too.
I believe it’s because there’s new evidence which suggests they aren’t nearly as bad as previously thought? IIRC, France re-introduced them and the effects on bees were pretty minimal.
The petition closed yesterday but it’s got over 10000 atleast