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Subject:	Re: European Commission to proceed with plan to better protect bees.
From:	Bil Harley <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 7 May 2013 04:52:43 -0400
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<<The two-year period, as well as the ban itself, was a political decision, not a scientific one, so reason may not apply.>>
	
The above is the spurious argument advanced by Bayer and Syngenta.
The moratorium was the result of a majority vote by European states. Each minister was presumably briefed by technical advisors specialised in agricultural science. The moratorium was based on the science provided by the European Food Safety Authority.  http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/130116.htm
  http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/independence.htm
It could only be described as political in the sense that any action has political consequences.

Bil, France

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