“IMPACT OF NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES ON BEES AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES”
Martin Caton, Labour MP for the Gower, presented the above named EDM to Parliament on 13th January.
The EDM is calling for the Government to suspend all existing approvals for products containing neonicotinoids and fipronil while more tests are carried out and an international standard for assessing the long term effects of these pesticides on invertebrate populations is developed.
These are goals that PAN UK supports completely and we are asking our supporters to write to their MP asking them to sign EDM number 1267 as a matter of urgency. To find out if your MP has or has not signed click here
The full text of the EDM is reproduced below. We really do need your support on this so please take a few minutes to contact your MP.
“That this House is gravely concerned by the contents of a recently leaked memo from the US Environment Protection Agency whose scientists warn that bees and other non-target invertebrates are at risk from a new neonicotinoid pesticide and that tests in the US approval process are insufficient to detect the environmental damage caused; acknowledges that these findings reflect the conclusions of a 2009 `Buglife' report that identified similar inadequacies in the European approval regime with regard to neonicotinoids; notes reports that bee populations have soared in four European countries that have banned these chemicals; and therefore calls on the Government to act urgently to suspend all existing approvals for products containing neonicotinoids and fipronil pending more exhaustive tests and the development of international methodologies for properly assessing the long-term effects of systemic pesticides on invertebrate populations.”
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