Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 8/27/18


With overwhelming evidence on the risks that neonicotinoids …. pose to bees, phytopharmaceutical companies look towards innovation to replace already banned or restricted insecticides. Promoted as a “safer” option and a “replacement” for other neonicotinoids, Sulfoxaflor is presented as one of the possible alternatives. This insecticide …. attacks the central nervous system of insects …. A recent studyfound that this alternative might not be as safe as previously promoted. 

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