CUMBRIA Wildlife Trust has said its disappointed in the Government's decision to reverse a ban on pesticides that contain neonicotinoids, which it says kill Bees.
The trust says its opposed to the decision, this month, by Secretary of State for The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, to allow the emergency authorisation to use products containing a neonicotinoid to treat sugar beet seed because of the "potential danger posed to the 2021 crop from beet yellows virus".
A spokesman for the trust said: "We're so disappointed by the government's decision to allow the emergency use of Neonicotinoids. These harmful pesticides are known to kill bees and were banned in 2018.
"Authorising their use is a worrying u-turn, and there's no guarantee that it won't happen annually.
"If you feel the same way, help us call on the Prime Minister to reverse the government's decision."
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