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    7 days ago

    Neonicotinoids are systemic insecticides, which are absorbed by plants and become present throughout their tissues, making any part of the plant toxic to insects that feed on it. They were introduced in the 1990s and quickly became widespread across Europe.

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      6 days ago

      Well they haven’t the faculty of speech, so it’s hardly a miracle they can’t convince you