RDA Imposes Ban on Use of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Protect Bees

SEOUL, Korea, Feb 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration announced on February 2 that it would impose a limited-time ban on three insecticides—thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and imidacloprid—that contain the neonicotinoids, a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine in compliance with the two-year moratorium on the chemicals by the EU government until November 30, 2015. [...]