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Government bee scientist behind controversial study joins pesticide firm

2013-07-26 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: A key government scientist whose research was used by ministers to argue against a ban on pesticides thought to harm bees is to join Syngenta, the chemical giant which manufactures one of the insecticides. Dr Helen Thompson will leave the government's Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) to join Syngenta on 1 September. Thompson led a field trial of the effect of neonicotinoids the world's most widely used insecticides on bees, which was fast-tracked and frequently cited by ministers...

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