This is really shocking. Seven years after the EU ban on #neonicotinoid pesticides, there is still large-scale contamination, with "no clear declining trend". It suggests these poisons are extremely persistent. A global ban is urgently needed. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
These are extremely powerful biocides, whose impact on vast numbers of species they were not designed to kill is only beginning to be understood. Chemicals companies launched an Earth-scale experiment, before the necessary tests were conducted. #Insectageddon is just one result.
It's one of those moments when you ask yourself, "what have we done?"
