The Wildlife Trusts have explored legal action in response to the permitted use of the bee killing pesticide
THE Wildlife Trusts including Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have explored a legal challenge to a decision to allow the use of a bee killing pesticide.
Today, The Wildlife Trusts’ lawyers contacted the Environment Secretary, George Eustice, to question his decision to allow the emergency use of the banned neonicotinoid Thiamethoxam for sugar beet.
The trusts believe the action may have been unlawful and are planning a legal challenge to the decision unless Government can prove otherwise.
In 2018 the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides refused a similar application because of unacceptable environmental risks and the trusts contend that no new evidence has been provided to support this decision and the ban should stay.