The Guardian newspaper reports that “risk evaluation could pave the way for a rolling back of the hard won EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides

The European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) has begun a review that could pave the way for rolling back a pioneering EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides, that are thought to have ravaged European bee populations.”

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/07/eu-scientists-begin-review-ban-pesticides-linked-bee-declines