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Parliamentary question - E-008771/2013Parliamentary question
E-008771/2013

Mass extinction of bees

Question for written answer E-008771-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (PPE)

The mass extinction of bees is becoming an increasingly alarming problem. One of the reasons why these insects are dying is the use of pesticides from the neonicotinoid group, which are found in seed treatment insecticides. In January 2013, the European Food Safety Authority decided that these pesticides exceeded the maximum acceptable level of harm to bees. It appears that the research originally carried out by the manufacturers of these plant protection products was wrong. I would therefore like to ask the following questions:

OJ C 87 E, 26/03/2014