Sentences with phrase «banned imidacloprid»

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Although it is high time to impose an immediate ban on the three insecticides clothianidine, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, the Member States are pushing for a decision

Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, asked for a ban on three common pesticides — atrazine, metalaxyl, and imidacloprid — compounds she said are the most commonly found in Long Island's groundwater.

The commission wants to ban the use of three «neonicotinoid» compounds — clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam — for 2 years on four crops that are attractive to bees: maize, cotton, sunflower, and rapeseed.

In France, imidacloprid has been banned as a seed dressing for sunflowers since 1999 and in 2003 was also banned as a sweet corn treatment.

Attorney Harro Schultze, who represents the Coalition against Bayer Dangers said, «The public prosecutor needs to clarify which efforts Bayer undertook to prevent a ban of imidacloprid and clothianidin after sales of both substances were stopped in France.