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03/01/2016 / By Tara Paras

Retail giant Lowe’s to stop selling neonicotinoid pesticides to help recover declining bee population

Retail home improvement chain Lowe’s has announced that it will stop selling deadly pesticides suspected of causing colony collapse disorder (CCD) and the death of honeybees worldwide. The announcement follows the moratorium on permits for these pesticides sent out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). At present, about two-thirds of the bee population worldwide is in domesticated hives. […]

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