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Massive Crackdown on the Use of Scores of Toxic Pesticides

The pesticide regulations will provide better protection for bees, whose numbers have fallen alarmingly across Europe. (Photo: Teri Pengilley)

Britain is to get its toughest crackdown on toxic substances in food and the environment, despite determined resistance to the safety measures from Gordon Brown.

Scores of pesticides suspected of causing cancer, DNA damage and "gender-bender" effects are to be phased out under new EU rules, which are being hailed as a revolution in the way the public is protected against poisonous chemicals.

The use of all pesticides in public places is to be dramatically reduced, with aerial spraying banned anywhere in the country.

Posted in agriculture, Environment, Food/Water