Rejected petition Reverse the decision to allow the use of neonicotinoides on crops in the UK.

Neonicotinoids are banned in the EU because of the harm their use causes to insect life &, more importantly, to bees. The UK Government is again allowing them to be used, this time on the sugar beet crop, to prevent virus from attacking it.

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Bees pollinate about three-quarters of all British crops. It is thought that in the past 10 years, the British bee population has declined by a third. Neonicotinoids are known to kill bees & other insect life. The UN & WHO have said that their use is having an adverse effect on bees. Without bees, crops will not be pollinated. The Government should not be risking a future without bees for a short term gain.

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You might like to sign the following petitions:

Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563943

Overturn the decision to allow the use of neonicotinoid pesticides
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/569214

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Date submitted 10 January 2021
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