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Study links insecticide use to invertebrate die-offs

2013-05-01 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The world's most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails and other water-based species, a groundbreaking Dutch study has revealed. On Monday, the insecticide and two others were banned for two years from use on some crops across the European Union, due to the risk posed to bees and other pollinators, on which many food crops rely. However, much tougher action in the form of a total worldwide ban is needed, according to the scientist who led the new study. "We are risking...

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