date:Feb 19, 2013
nced its view that such pesticides constituted a risk to bees and other insect pollinators.
Syngenta says that further reviews demonstrate that the EFSA based its assessment on incorrect seed planting rates, between two and four times higher than would be used in modern agriculture. They say that adjusting this reveals a very different picture, as a result of which the company claims that the risks posed to wildlife are very low.