Orange Petunias & Pesticides in plants
Did you buy any orange Petunias this year?
I have just read that Genetically Modified Petunias "illegally entered the UK chain" , prompting campaign group GM Freeze to brand the situation as a "horrifying disregard for regulation."
The government has claimed that GM orange Petunias do not pose a risk to human health or the environment - despite people calling them Frankenstein flowers.
However DEFRA has issued a list of varieties being investigated, although they say "the plants are not
thought to be as risk."
I'd rather they say
definitely not a risk?
Another topic too:
Research at Sussex University also examined 29 different plants on sale at garden centres and DIY stores, and found 70% were found to have been soaked in controversial pesticides (neonicotinoids) that had been restricted across Europe because of the 'acute risk to honey bees.'
The report said "Retailers were selling plants containing variable combinations of potentially harmful chemicals, so any purchase is playing Russian Roulette with pollinators."
B & Q seem to be setting the trend in saying all their plants will be grown without neonics by 2018.
A poll said 78% of the public agreed that garden centres should not sell these plants grown with pesticides that are harmful to bees."