Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees | Environment | The Observer
▻http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/28/europe-insecticides-ban-save-bees
On en est là : un ministre de l’environnement qui s’offusque qu’on puisse chercher à protéger l’environnement, et un pollueur qui menace de poursuites judiciaires ceux qui veulent l’empêcher de polluer,
the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, told the chemicals company Syngenta last week that he was “extremely disappointed” by the European commission’s proposed ban. He said that “the UK has been very active” in opposing it and “our efforts will continue and intensify in the coming days”.
The chemical companies, which make billions from the products, have also lobbied hard, with Syngenta even threatening to sue individual European Union officials involved in publishing a report that found the pesticides posed an unacceptable risk to bees, according to documents seen by the Observer.