Woolworths to stop selling pesticide linked to global bee decline
by Michael McGowan from Environment | The Guardian on (#3E14D)
Australian grocery giant will join Bunnings to withdraw Yates Confidor from sale
Woolworths in Australia has joined a growing list of companies to stop supplying a controversial pesticide linked to global declines in bee populations.
On Tuesday the grocery giant announced it would join Bunnings in pulling Yates Confidor, a class of pesticide which some international studies have found damage the survival of honeybee colonies.
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