Environmental groups have reacted positively to the news that Walmart and True Value have decided to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides, linked to global bee declines, from company garden retail supply chains.
The news follows a report on Digital Journal in January 2017 that retail corporation Costco has requested that its suppliers end the use of bee-killing pesticides on garden plants sold in its stores. This, as with the latest news from Walmart and True Value, is part of a Friends of the Earth initiative. The new announcement is that True Value and Walmart will shortly to stop selling plants treated with neonicotinoids. In addition the companies will remove products containing them from store shelves. Neonicotinoids…
