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Europe to ban pesticides in effort to protect bees
No one is sure what is causing bee colonies to die off around the world, but pesticides called neonicotinoids may be part of the problem. Today,Europe’s health commissioner Tonio Borg said the European Commission would go ahead with a continent-wide plan to severely restrict three of the most commonly-used pesticides in an effort to protect bee health.
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