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Application for use of bee-killing pesticide declined by government for first time in five years
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has declined an emergency application for the use of Cruiser SB, a pesticide that kills pollinators Bees are vital to beauty’s supply chain but they are under increasing threat due to the use of...