The chemicals can harm insects and marine wildlife, environmental charities warn.

“The possibility of neonicotinoids exerting effects on not only rice fields but also the ecosystem in rivers and lakes was suggested,” said Masumi Yamamuro, an aquatic environment professor at ...

Neonicotinoids destroy bees’ nervous systems and are banned in Europe, but have been authorised for use every year in the UK ...

Neonicotinoids are the most widely used class of insecticides in the world, but concerns about their impact on bees have been reinforced by multiple research efforts, including so-called "real ...

In recent data by two environmental charities, it was revealed that most of the waterways tested in the past year contained ...

Neonicotinoids destroy bees’ nervous systems and are banned in Europe, but have been authorised for use every year in the UK since 2021. Research has found that aquatic insects and mayflies are ...

The EPA’s assessments of clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam marked the first time the agency has completed biological evaluations of any neonicotinoids’ harms to the nation’s most imperiled ...

Chemicals giants Bayer and Syngenta had gone to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) hoping to get the restrictions on neonicotinoids overturned. Last month EU governments agreed to ban all use of ...

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85% of rivers tested in England, an analysis of UK government statistics has ...

Bee-killing pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, have been detected in 85% of tested rivers across England, including key ...