France petition against bee-killing pesticide tops two million backers

PARIS: A student-led petition against a chemical deadly to bees reached more than two million signatures in France on Monday, increasing pressure on the president not to sign a bill allowing its use into law. The legislation was adopted on July 8, but without a proper debate to bypass gridlock in a bitterly divided parliament. On July 10, a 23-year-old master’s student launched a petition urging the French government to drop the law allowing the reintroduction of acetamiprid, a pesticide that is harmful to ecosystems but popular with many farmers in Europe.

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