UK crops at risk if EU pesticide ban expanded

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Agricultural research institute calls for unbiased research on pesticides linked to bee decline

The EU’s proposed permanent ban on neonicotinoids could harm UK production of crops that rely on these pesticides, the agricultural research institute Rothamsted Research has claimed. The UK institute has called for ‘independent, unbiased research’ to reassess the environmental impact of the insecticides, which have been linked to honeybee decline.