Petition against use of pollinator-killing pesticide successful
Emergency authorisation to use Cruiser SB, a pesticide containing the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, to treat sugar beet seeds in England, will not be granted in 2025. The use of the product has previously been allowed in order to combat virus yellows, a plant disease, by killing the aphids that carry it, against the advice of the…
Great Wheal Seton, Cornwall – Wildlife Habitat on the Edge
By Steve Jones Cornwall County Dragonfly Recorder The Red River Valley Local Nature Reserve near Camborne in Cornwall is a 3-mile-long wildlife corridor that has developed along the abandoned tin streaming sites that once dominated the landscape of the area. The best areas of the reserve not only provide a haven for some nationally important…
Swanscombe Peninsula SSSI saved as theme park project scrapped
The High Court has ordered the company behind the project, the London Resort Company Holdings Ltd (LRCH) to wind up after a judge deemed it had breached a payment agreement with its creditors. The £3.5bn London Resort theme park was to be located on Swanscombe Peninsula, a rich and diverse landscape home to over 200…
Norwich Western Link project application withdrawn
The Norwich Western Link project, proposed by Norfolk County Council, would connect the Northern Distributor Road (NDR) to the A47 with the aim of reducing traffic congestion. The BDS supported ‘The Stop Wensum Link’ group due to the potentially harmful impact the project could have on the River Wensum. The proposed four-lane highway would cross…
UK Supermarket Pesticide Rating
UK supermarkets are not doing enough to protect human health, wildlife or the environment from pesticides. Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) continue to be used within the global supply chains of all of the UK’s largest ten supermarkets, including carcinogens and hormone disruptors, bee-toxins and water contaminants. Since the launch of our previous ranking in 2021,…
Protect Insects from Pesticides- sign the petition
Ask British Sugar to help more farmers go neonic-free. Due to their environmental impact, neonicotinoids pesticides were banned for outdoor use in the UK in 2018. Yet the UK Government approved ‘emergency authorisations’ for the use of the toxic neonicotinoid, thiamethoxam, on sugar beet in 2024, against the advice of the Health and Safety Executive and…
#GoPesticideFree- sign the petition!
Sign the petition calling for a national ban on the use of pesticides in urban areas. We are calling on the UK Government to phase-out the use of pesticides in publicly-run areas. This, in practice, will mean that pesticides would not be permitted for use in the streets, playgrounds and green spaces of our villages,…
Calling on you MP to support a ban on urban pesticides
The dangers that pesticides pose to both human health and the environment are well known. The commonly used pesticide glyphosate is not only harmful to dragonflies and other insects, but larger animals too, including birds and amphibians. Research is also increasingly linking the chemical to Parkinson’s. Following a campaign by the Pesticide Collaboration, Caroline Lucas…
Restore Nature Now march – 22/06/24
Nature is in crisis. Join the BDS in marching for wildlife on 22 June. We want to see UK politicians show strong domestic and global nature and climate leadership by: 1. Giving a pay-rise for nature 2. Making polluters pay 3. Delivering more space for nature 4. Putting a right to a healthy environment in…
BDS joins The Pesticide Collaboration
The area of land treated by pesticides has increased by 63% since 1990 and the evidence of the harm caused by pesticides to human health and the natural world is also increasing. The BDS has joined The Pesticide Collaboration- a partnership of 81 organisations, farmers and academics. Together we will work to in influencing UK…