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Thomas Backhaus
@ThoBaSwe
Ecotoxicologist, Environmental Scientist, Academic, Professor, Photographer
Jan 9, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
The UK has just authorized the use of #Thiamethoxam for use on sugar beet seeds. This is a #neonicotinoid insecticide, which is banned throughout the EU because of its environmental impact, especially on bees.

Several things are worth noting:

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bit.ly/39jS1az The UK Expert Committee on Pesticides concluded on 24th Nov 2020 that

(1) the application for authorization was using a systematic underestimation of typical sowing rates (and, hence, #neonicotionid emissions into the environment), and ...

bit.ly/39ffqdm

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