Keyword: imidacloprid

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Health Canada Mulls Imidacloprid Ban

02.12.2016 - Health Canada is inviting comments through the end of February 2017 on its preliminary plans to ban the chemical imidacloprid, an active ingredient in neonicotinoid-based...

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Neonicotid exposure may affect nervous system, EFSA Says

23.01.2014 - In a not widely noticed scientific opinion delivered just before Christmas, EFSA said two neonicotinoid insecticides, acetamiprid and imidacloprid may affect the development of the...

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BASF Files Legal Challenge in EU’s Fipronil Restrictions

08.11.2013 - BASF has taken the European Commission (EC) to court over plans to include the German group's insecticide fipronil in a two-year moratorium on products suspected of playing a role...

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Syngenta, Bayer Pesticides Pose Honeybee Threat

17.01.2013 - Three widely-used pesticides made by Switzerland's Syngenta and Germany's Bayer pose an acute risk to honeybees, the European Union's food safety watchdog said on Wednesday, but...