The Office for Environment Protection is investigating the Government over emergency authorisation of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam.

The Government may have failed to comply with environmental laws when it granted use of a banned pesticide toxic to bees, a watchdog has warned.

The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is investigating the Environment Department (Defra)’s emergency authorisation for the use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on sugar beet seeds in 2023 and 2024.

As part of the investigation, launched in June, the environmental watchdog has issued an “information notice” to Defra setting out alleged failures to comply with a number of environmental laws, why it is serious, and requesting specific information relating to the allegations.

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 day ago

    So the government is talking about making the price of sugar artificially high by putting a tax on it, while at the same time keeping it artificially low by killing loads of bees.

    Makes sense.