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"As the shadow rapporteur in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, I decided to support the alternative resolution in respect of the report on honeybee health, and I did so for the following reasons: first, the alternative resolution includes an objective analysis of pesticide toxicity in relation to systemic neurotoxins in particular, criticises the lack of impact studies and complies with the precautionary principle. Secondly, it is not clear from the report submitted to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development what dangers are posed by the use of neurotoxic pesticides, particularly those from the group of neonicotinoids, which act as hormonal and digestive disruptors. Scientific studies confirm the danger not only of nicotinoids, but also of the entire plants that contain these substances. Mere contact with the guttation dew from plants treated with neonicotinoids may have fatal consequences for bees. Thirdly, significant concentrations of the following active substances were measured: 47 mg/l for imidacloprid, 23.3 mg/l for clothianidin and 11.9 ml/l for thiamethoxam. In other experiments, however, far higher values were measured. Bees coming into contact with such poisonous dew stop flying within a few minutes and can only walk, or quickly die. The symptoms are irreversible. It was discovered that clothianidin and thiamethoxam are more toxic than imidacloprid, even in very low concentrations in guttation droplets. Neonicotinoids are banned in some Member States, and this ban should be extended to the entire EU."@en1
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