Possible Neonicotinoid Pesticide Ban in EU

EU expected to vote on pesticide ban after major scientific review                (Declan BUTLER, Nature; 28 February 2018)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02639-1

Associated Documentation:

Evaluation of the data on clothianidin, imidacloprin, and thiamethoxam for the update risk assessment to bees for seed treatments and granules in the EU
[Technical Report, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); 01 February 2018]
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1378/epdf

Q&A: conclusions on neonicotinoids 2018
[European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); 28 February 2018]
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/news/180228-QA-Neonics.pdf

Selected Research Articles:

The environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides: A review post 2013     (WOOD and GOULSON, 2017)                https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533829/pdf/11356_2017_Article_9240.pdf

Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids reduces honey bee health near Corn crops
(TSVETKOV et al., 2017)
https://gylle.dk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/HoneyBeesNeonicotinoidsScience30June2017.pdf

Supplemental Materials (TSVETKOV et al., 2018)
http://science.sciencemag.org/highwire/filestream/696283/field_highwire_adjunct_files/0/aam7470-Tsvetkov_SM.pdf

Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees*
(WOODCOCK et al., 2017)
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518181/1/N518181PP.pdf

Replication, effect sizes and identifying the biological impacts of pesticides on bees under field conditions*
(WOODCOCK et al., 2017)
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/514991/1/N514991PP.pdf

N. B.:  *Refereed and Accepted Article Manuscripts.

Impacts of neonicotinoid use on long term populations changes in wild bees in England
(WOODCOCK et al., 2016)
https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12459.pdf