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August 11 - 57 different herbicides linked to the rapidly declining bee population
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Multiple studies have confirmed that there is a strong link between herbicide use and bee deaths. Although there are various factors at play, multiple lines of research converge on herbicide use as a significant variable. So much so, that the European Union has issued a ban on the use of neonicotinoid herbicides.
"Bee health is a matter of public concern -- bees are considered critically important for the environment and agriculture by pollinating more than 80% of crops and wild plants in Europe," Tomasz Kiljanek, lead author of the study from the National Veterinary Research Institute in Poland, said in a press statement. "We wanted to develop a test for a large number of pesticides currently approved for use in the European Union to see what is poisoning the bees."
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