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A single teaspoon of this pesticide is enough to deliver a lethal dose to 1.25 billion bees.
The previous government gave emergency approval this year for sugar beet farmers to use Cruiser SB for the fourth year in a row .
In granting approval, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs went against the advice of the Health and Safety Executive and the UK expert committee on pesticides.
The decision was criticised at the time as a “death blow for wildlife” by the Wildlife Trusts.
Research has shown high levels of neonicotinoids in British waterways.
High concentrations of the chemical were detected in areas where sugar beet is grown.
NFU Sugar and British Sugar have applied again for emergency approval to use Cruiser SB for next year ’s sugar beet crop.
Campaigners are concerned if a protected site assessment was not carried out for the use of Cruiser SB , which has attracted an increasing amount of public attention.
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