2014
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0558
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A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

Abstract: There is evidence that in Europe and North America many species of pollinators are in decline, both in abundance and distribution. Although there is a long list of potential causes of this decline, there is concern that neonicotinoid insecticides, in particular through their use as seed treatments are, at least in part, responsible. This paper describes a project that set out to summarize the natural science evidence base relevant to neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators in as policy-neutral terms … Show more

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“…In a response to Hallman et al, the Dutch Minister of the Environment expressed her concern about the effects of neonicotinoids on the environment, but also said that changes in legislation could not be based on a correlative study only. In the strict sense, demonstrating causality would require experiments (Dively et al 2015;Godfray et al 2014;Rundlof et al 2015) but for birds this would entail field trials at such a large spatial scale and over such a long time that they are impossible to conduct. We therefore must find other ways to demonstrate causality.…”
Section: Mastering Chance Effects At Local Scale To Explain Global Trmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a response to Hallman et al, the Dutch Minister of the Environment expressed her concern about the effects of neonicotinoids on the environment, but also said that changes in legislation could not be based on a correlative study only. In the strict sense, demonstrating causality would require experiments (Dively et al 2015;Godfray et al 2014;Rundlof et al 2015) but for birds this would entail field trials at such a large spatial scale and over such a long time that they are impossible to conduct. We therefore must find other ways to demonstrate causality.…”
Section: Mastering Chance Effects At Local Scale To Explain Global Trmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Neonicotinoids have been shown to have a variety of sublethal impacts on honeybees and bumblebees (Godfray et al . 2014, 2015), and concern over these sublethal effects has led to a moratorium (Regulation (EU) No 485/2013) on their use on crops attractive to bees in Europe and restrictions in some provinces of Canada.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Com base em vários outros estudos, a União Europeia, em 2014, suspendeu o uso de vários inseticidas desse grupo para reavaliação, com decisão definitiva marcada para o fim de 2015. Assim, na Europa e ao redor do mundo, continua o debate sobre o papel da exposição aos agrotóxicos nas perdas de colônias de A. mellifera (Godfray et al, 2014).…”
Section: Histórico Da Síndrome "Distúrbio Do Colapso Das Colônias" Nounclassified