Commonly used weedkiller glyphosate could pose threat to bees, Irish scientists find

“This is the first time glyphosate is reported in unsprayed wildflowers under conventional farming conditions,” said Elena Zioga, a PhD candidate at TCD School of Natural Sciences and lead author of the research, which was published in the journal Heliyon.“While we need more research to find how much higher glyphosate concentrations would be in directly sprayed plants, we know wild bees and honeybees will visit the contaminated wildflowers to collect pollen and nectar,” she added.

The European Commission is re-evaluating glyphosate, primarily because of human health concerns, with results due later this year. It has been or will soon be banned in at least 10 countries, and at least 15 others have restricted its use. Farmers in Germany must stop using it completely from 2024. In Ireland only half of glyphosate’s use is on farms. The rest is in amenity areas, parks and golf courses.

This latest study sampled farmed fields of oilseed rape and nearby growing blackberry wildflowers in seven different locations in east and southeast Ireland.In three of these locations, glyphosate residues were found in pollen and nectar of the blackberry flowers within a week after spraying took place. When the weedkiller was used as “a pre- or post-emergence spray” on oilseed rape crop , no residues were detected.

Bans are coming in anyway because of potential harm to humans. Already banned for home use here in Germany and a full ban coming in 2024 (at last).

Better late than never..

And wind turbines? Do they pose a threat to birds and fish?

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