In January, the Government announced their decision to allow a banned neonicotinoid pesticide, thiamethoxam, to be used on sugar beet planted this year. Before thiamethoxam could be used however,…

Today, the Government has given the green light to the use of the banned neonicotinoid chemical Thiamethoxam on sugar beet crops this year. This follows the decision earlier this year to grant an…

Lucy Pegg, Public Affairs Officer at the Wildlife Trusts, writes on the damage risked to nature by the decision to give emergency authorisation for the use of Cruiser SB to treat sugar beet seed…