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Europe Bans Pesticides To Protect Bees 3 May 13

Monday, April 29th, the European Commission (EC) voted to ban a class of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, now the world's most widely used type of insecticide. Neonicotinoids are one of the leading suspected causes of colony collapse disorder. The European Commission announced its controversial decision three months after the European Food Safety Agency concluded that the pesticides represented a "high acute risk" to honeybees and other pollinators.

The EC action comes as scientists and regulators have grown increasingly concerned about the impact of colony collapse disorder on the world's food supply, given that the majority of the planet's 100 most important food crops depend on insect pollination.

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