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Defra breached law when allowing farmers to use pesticides, watchdog finds

The assessment process for emergency authorisations of pesticides is now to be updated following the investigation by the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP)

Mia Willemsen
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Defra breached law when allowing farmers to use pesticides, watchdog finds

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been found to have breached environmental law on several occasions when granting farmers permission to use a 'bee-killing' pesticide back...

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