Continue the ban of deadly neonicotinoid pesticide Thiamethoxam on all crops

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK government has approved insect-killing pesticide Thiamethoxam. We were promised that Brexit would not compromise our environmental standards and they have already gone back on their word. They should urgently reverse their plans to roll out Thiamethoxam - it was banned for a reason.

Food webs are at higher risk of contamination than has been previously recognised, with long-lasting toxicity.

The knock-on effect that this pesticide will have on wildlife will be detrimental, not only affecting insect pollinators, but birds, aquatic inverts and mammals.

We rely on pollinating insects for 3/4 of our crop species, surely the government should be prioritising and promoting conservation at a time where half of the world's insects have disappeared it seems like a strange decision to make.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

10 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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