Insecticides 'are poisoning world food supplies'

Scientists say common pesticides are damaging the soil, air and water

A member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) prepares insecticide for use
(Image credit: RIJASOLO/AFP/Getty Images)

The world's most widely used insecticides are damaging the environment and risk harming global food production, scientists have said.

Research carried out by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and due to be published next month suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides are harming a range of species and may be responsible for the global decline of bees.

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