A Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) collecting nectar from a common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Frank Bienewald/Alamy
Bees and other pollinators have been exposed to growing levels of toxicity from pesticides over 25 years, despite the amount used falling in the same period. The toxic exposure is based on US data but probably applies to other countries too.
Countries should consider following Denmark’s lead with “toxicity taxes” on pesticides to encourage farmers to change which products they use, says one of the researchers behind the new findings.
In recent years, pesticides that precisely target crop pests have been linking…
