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  Many important subjects are above Politics..............this is one of them....
  
  Ban on nerve-agent pesticides is another reason to welcome
  
  At last, some real progress in the fight against the nerve-agent pesticides widely blamed
  
  for the worldwide devastation of bee populations. Despite frenetic lobbying by companies that
  
  produce the chemicals, the European Commission yesterday imposed a two-year ban on the
  
  use of the neonicotinoids on any crops beloved by bees.
  
  Not a moment too soon
  
  . Bees are not only wonderful in themselves, they are also vital for the pollination of any number
  
  of food crops. Pesticide-makers may claim that the case is unproven, but even the possibility
  
  of a link between human activity and the collapse in bee numbers should prompt a change of course.
  
  How disappointing, then, that Britain was one of those that voted against. We can only be grateful
  
  that, elsewhere in Europe, better sense prevails.
  
  And grateful, too, that the EU ban applies here as much as anywhere.

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