French Agriculture Minister Withdraws Authorization for Cruiser OSR Based on Study

摘要

France's minister of agriculture June 29 announced that the pesticide Cruiser OSR, used for oilseed rape, has been banned from the French market based on a French study indicating that it may cause bee deaths. "It cannot be excluded that exposure of bees to sub-lethal doses of thiamethoxam, the active substance in Cruiser, in the nectar of oilseed rape has harmful effects on pollen foraging bees returning to their hives," Minister Stephane Le Foll said in a statement announcing the ban.