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Campaigners target sugar sector over pesticide use

A new study claiming sugar beet growers are responsible for harming nature has been dismissed by union

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A new campaign - Chemical Cocktail - has highlighted the use of a banned neonicotinoid
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A new campaign - Chemical Cocktail - has highlighted the use of a banned neonicotinoid

THE NFU has hit back after a new study condemned the sugar beet industry over its use of Thiamethoxam. The research, which was carried out by the Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link as part...

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