{"id":16226,"date":"2015-07-24T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T04:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=16226"},"modified":"2015-07-24T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T15:58:59","slug":"uk-approves-emergency-application-for-neonicotinoid-seed-treatment-use-despite-moratorium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2015\/07\/uk-approves-emergency-application-for-neonicotinoid-seed-treatment-use-despite-moratorium\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Approves Emergency Application for Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment Use Despite Moratorium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Beyond Pesticides, July 24, 2015)<\/em> An emergency application was approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on Wednesday that allows \u00a0farmers to use neonicotinoid seed treatment on 5 percent of oilseed rape crop (known as canola in the U.S.) this summer to control a flea beetle infestation. The emergency use, which has been granted for 120 days, allows growers to use Bayer CropScience\u2019s Modesto (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/index.php?pesticideid=121\">clothianidin<\/a>) and Syngenta\u2019s Cruiser OSR (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/gateway\/index.php?pesticideid=289\">thiamethoxam<\/a>). The active ingredients of these products belong to a class of toxic chemicals knowns as neonicotinoids, which have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/pollinators\/research.php\">linked<\/a> to pollinator decline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-Tate-Riverside-CA-Honey-Bee-taking-flight-Riverside-Ca-300x260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16232 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Gary-Tate-Riverside-CA-Honey-Bee-taking-flight-Riverside-Ca-300x260-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>The request was the second one for the National Farmers Union (NFU) after the first request for a nationwide lifting of the two-year moratorium on neonicotinoid use was rejected. The NFU said it was \u201cfrustrated\u201d at having to put<br \/>\nin an application for a smaller area.<\/p>\n<p>There have been numerous attempts to shroud the application process in secrecy. DEFRA told its expert committee on pesticides (ECP) to halt its \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pesticides.gov.uk\/guidance\/industries\/pesticides\/advisory-groups\/acp\/acp-minutes\/acp-minutes\">normal practice of publishing the minutes<\/a> \u00a0of meetings at which the neonicotinoid applications were discussed, in order to avoid \u201cprovoking representations from different interest groups.\u201d Additionally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/jul\/17\/government-gags-pesticide-advisers-refusal-support-bee-harming-neonicotinoids\">according to the <em>Guardian<\/em><\/a>, the UK government gagged its own pesticide advisors after they refused to support an application by NFU to lift a ban on neonicotinoids. The gag is intended to prevent campaigners from lobbying ministers on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Neonicotinoids have been found by \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/pollinators\/research.php\">a growing body of scientific literature<\/a> \u00a0to be linked to honey bee and pollinator decline. The European Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=10368\">voted to suspend<\/a> \u00a0the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in 2013 for two years. The ban came several months after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=9151\">released a report<\/a> \u00a0identifying \u201chigh acute risk\u201d to honey bees from uses of certain neonicotinoid chemicals. \u00a0However, this action was opposed by the UK government. Despite this opposition, Britain was required \u00a0to comply with the ban under European Union (EU) rules.<\/p>\n<p>The acceptance of NFU\u2019s emergency request is alarming, especially in light of numerous reports indicating the lack of efficacy of neonicotinoid use. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2014\/10\/epa-finds-neonicotinoid-seed-treatments-to-be-of-little-or-no-benefit\/\">report<\/a> released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year found that soybean \u00a0seed treatments with neonicotinoid insecticides provide little or no overall benefits in controlling insects or improving yield or quality in soybean production. \u00a0EPA\u2019s report confirms \u00a0scientific findings \u00a0that these chemical treatments are unnecessary and inefficacious. Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforfoodsafety.org\/files\/neonic-efficacy_digital_29226.pdf\">report<\/a>, from the Center for Food Safety, found that neonicotinoids either did not provide a yield benefit or provided inconsistent yield benefits.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, Syngenta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2014\/07\/chemical-company-withdraws-challenge-to-eu-bee-protections-from-neonics\/\">applied<\/a> for an emergency application in the UK and was met with massive public outcry and protest, which ultimately led to the chemical industry giant withdrawing its request. In the US, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/as-epa-approves-emergency-use-of-bee-killing-pesticide-for-florida-citrus-beyond-pesticides-urges-heightened-efforts-to-stop-toxic-pesticide-dependency-300041576.html\">earlier this year<\/a>, EPA granted \u00a0Florida \u00a0citrus growers an emergency exemption to use the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin to control Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a pest that causes &#8220;citrus greening,&#8221; a devastating citrus plant disease.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Pesticides has long advocated a regulatory approach \u00a0that prohibits high hazard chemical use and requires alternative assessments. Although EPA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2015\/04\/epa-announces-moratorium-on-new-uses-of-bee-killing-pesticides-coalition-urges-broader-suspension\/\">announced<\/a> a moratorium in April on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide products and uses, farm, beekeeper and environmental groups, including Beyond Pesticides have urged EPA to also suspend the huge numbers of other bee-harming pesticides already on the market. \u00a0We suggest an approach that rejects uses and exposures deemed acceptable under risk assessment calculations, and instead focuses on \u00a0safer alternatives that are proven effective, such as \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/organicfood\/index.php\">organic agriculture<\/a>, which, of course, prohibit the use of neonicotinoids. See how \u00a0you can \u00a0help through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/pollinators\/index.php\">Bee Protective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwi.co.uk\/arable\/neonicotinoid-emergency-use-approved-for-five-of-osr-area.htm\">Farmers Weekly<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/jul\/23\/eu-suspends-ban-pesticides-linked-serious-harm-bees\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, July 24, 2015) An emergency application was approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on Wednesday that allows \u00a0farmers to use neonicotinoid seed treatment on 5 percent of oilseed rape crop (known as canola in the U.S.) this summer to control a flea beetle infestation. The emergency use, which has been granted for 120 days, allows growers to use Bayer CropScience\u2019s Modesto (clothianidin) and Syngenta\u2019s Cruiser OSR (thiamethoxam). The active ingredients of these products belong to a class of toxic chemicals knowns as neonicotinoids, which have been linked to pollinator decline. The request was the second one for the National Farmers Union (NFU) after the first request for a nationwide lifting of the two-year moratorium on neonicotinoid use was rejected. The NFU said it was \u201cfrustrated\u201d at having to put in an application for a smaller area. There have been numerous attempts to shroud the application process in secrecy. DEFRA told its expert committee on pesticides (ECP) to halt its \u00a0normal practice of publishing the minutes \u00a0of meetings at which the neonicotinoid applications were discussed, in order to avoid \u201cprovoking representations from different interest groups.\u201d Additionally, according to the Guardian, the UK government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,2,124,158,21,157,25,6,9,328,192,10,93,195,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-alternativesorganics","category-announcements","category-bayer","category-chemicals","category-clothianidin","category-corporations","category-international","category-national-politics","category-neonicotinoids","category-chemical-trespass-drift","category-pesticide-regulation","category-pollinators","category-thiamethoxam","category-wildlifeenvironment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UK Approves Emergency Application for Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment Use Despite Moratorium - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2015\/07\/uk-approves-emergency-application-for-neonicotinoid-seed-treatment-use-despite-moratorium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK Approves Emergency Application for Neonicotinoid Seed Treatment Use Despite Moratorium - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, July 24, 2015) An emergency application was approved by the UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on Wednesday that allows \u00a0farmers to use neonicotinoid seed treatment on 5 percent of oilseed rape crop (known as canola in the U.S.) this summer to control a flea beetle infestation. The emergency use, which has been granted for 120 days, allows growers to use Bayer CropScience\u2019s Modesto (clothianidin) and Syngenta\u2019s Cruiser OSR (thiamethoxam). The active ingredients of these products belong to a class of toxic chemicals knowns as neonicotinoids, which have been linked to pollinator decline. The request was the second one for the National Farmers Union (NFU) after the first request for a nationwide lifting of the two-year moratorium on neonicotinoid use was rejected. The NFU said it was \u201cfrustrated\u201d at having to put in an application for a smaller area. There have been numerous attempts to shroud the application process in secrecy. 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