Waitrose promises to end use of pesticides linked to bee decline across supply chain

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Supermarket chain gives farmers until end of 2014 to end use of neonicotinoids

The campaign against controversial pesticides linked to the decline in bee populations has opened up another front, after supermarket chain Waitrose today committed to phase out the use of the chemicals...

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