Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85 per cent of rivers tested in England, analysis of government figures has revealed. Green groups looked at Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid ...

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85 per cent of rivers tested in England, analysis of government figures has revealed. Green groups looked at Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid ...

Average person in the UK uses about 150 litres of water a day while England alone will need an additional 5bn litres daily by ...

Bee-killing pesticides have been found in 85% of tested rivers in England, an analysis of Government figures has found. Green groups looked at Environment Agency data on neonicotinoid pesticides ...

Other affected rivers include the River Lugg, Sincil Dyke, and the River Nene. In the East Midlands and East of England, where sugar beet farming dominates, detection rates were particularly high.

The Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link, which carried out the analysis, found that areas where sugar beet farming and processing is concentrated, particularly the East Midlands and East of ...