Ontario is the first jurisdiction in North America to regulate the sale and use of neonicotinoid-treated seeds, which have been implicated as a significant factor in recent and alarming declines in bee populations. Ontario’s new restrictions on “neonics” came into effect on July 1, 2015, and Jeff Leal, Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, hopes that the restrictions will reduce use of the treated seeds by 80% by 2017.
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