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vertical-align: baseline;">Member states agree to neonicotinoids
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datetime="2018-04-27 13:11:11 -0400">Published: Friday, April
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<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
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0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">E.U. member states voted in support of a nearly
complete ban on the use of insecticides that have been linked
to the decline of pollinators.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
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0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">The vote was postponed multiple times, as countries
were not in agreement on the decision. Today's vote would take
current regulations on neonicotinoid insecticides much
further.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
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none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
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border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
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border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">The European Union voted for a partial ban on some
of the chemicals in 2013. Those restrictions only applied to
certain crops.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image:
none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
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border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">The new regulation bans almost all outdoor uses of
the chemical.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image:
none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">"The Commission had proposed these measures months
ago, on the basis of the scientific advice from the European
Food Safety Authority," said the European Union's health and
food safety commissioner, Vytenis Andriukaitis.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image:
none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
background-size: auto; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">"Bee health remains of paramount importance for me
since it concerns biodiversity, food production and the
environment," he said.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image:
none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
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border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">Farm groups and manufacturers have opposed the
move, questioning the science behind the regulations.</p>
<p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
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none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
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border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 0px;
border-image-outset: 0; border-image-repeat: stretch;
border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 14px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">The new rule will be adopted in the next few weeks
and will be applicable by the end of 2018 (Matt McGrath, <a
href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43910536"
style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip:
border-box; background-color: transparent; background-image:
none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x:
0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat;
background-size: auto; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size:
14px; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left:
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom:
0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top:
0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">BBC
News</a>, April 27). <strong style="background-attachment:
scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color:
transparent; background-image: none; background-origin:
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border-image-slice: 100%; border-image-source: none;
border-image-width: 1; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 0px;
border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: none;
border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 0px; font-size:
14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right:
0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: invert; outline-style:
none; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left:
0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">— CS</strong></p>
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