JAPANESE FISHERY COLLAPSED DUE TO PESTICIDE

Highlights:

• Use of broad-spectrum Neonicotinoids has resulted in smelt fishery collapse in Shimane prefecture
• These pesticides were produced by German company Bayer, which now hopes to prove the claims false

Insects like dragon-fly, locusts are considered as pest by paddy farmers. These pests are then eliminated by spraying the field with fipronil or broad spectrum Neonicotin....