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Portland bans insecticide to protect declining honey bees [1]

Oregon's biggest city on Wednesday banned the use of an insecticide on city lands blamed by conservationists as a factor in the decline of honey bees in recent years.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2015
Reuters [2]
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins [3], Insecticide [4], Honey Bees [5], Agriculture [6], United States Of America (US) [7], Health [8]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/portland-bans-insecticide-protect-declining-honey-bees
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insecticide
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honey-bees
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health