Syngenta to Defend Insecticide as Europe Review Shows Bee Risk
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Syngenta AG, the world’s largest agrochemical company, will defend the use of its Cruiser insecticide after a review by the European Food Safety Authority concluded the product’s active ingredient is a risk to bees.
“We will deploy all means at our disposal to defend the use of this product,” Chief Operating Officer John Atkin said in an e-mailed statement, after the EFSA published a report on its website today.