Paris, Aug 12, 2025 (AFP) - France adopts law upholding ban on controversial insecticide

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French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a controversial bill that bars the reintroduction of a bee-killing pesticide following a groundswell of public opposition. The legislation has been at the heart of a major debate in France and sparked a petition that was wildly successful, racking up an unprecedented 2.1 million signatures. Critics of the bill, adopted in July in a fractured parliament, say it was rushed through without proper......

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