Scandalo del finanziamento alla
Associazione apicoltori britannica BBKA da parte dei produttori di
pesticidi, per ammorbidire la loro posizione sugli insetticidi.
Dal sito
http://www.britishbeekeeping.com
Open Letter to the British Bee Keepers Association
January 10 2011
Since 2001, the British Bee Keepers Association has been receiving
in the region of £17,500 per annum from pesticide manufacturers
Bayer, Syngenta, BASF and Belchim in return for the BBKA's
endorsement of several insecticides as 'bee-friendly'.
The BBKA policy of accepting money from such corporations, taken
without consulting the membership, has been condemned by many of its
members, other European bee keeping associations and some NGOs as
unethical.
While the Executive have now changed their mind again and claim to
be about to drop the direct endorsement of pesticides, they have not
ruled out accepting money from pesticide manufacturers under other
pretexts. |
