France's constitutional court on Thursday rejected the reintroduction of a controversial insecticide in a significant blow to the government and major farming lobbies that had supported its return.

The fruit and vegetables that Americans bring home and cook up for their families are often laced with pest-killing chemicals known as acetamiprid and imidacloprid, members of the neonicotinoid class.

The decision infuriated farmers and France's far right and conservative parties but was welcome by environmentalists and left-wing parties. The law would have permitted the return of acetamiprid -- a ...

A reduction in the legal limits for residues of the insecticide acetamiprid in food has sparked strong opposition from European farmers, who fear losses in the production of many fruits and vegetables ...

A number of French health experts wrote an open letter in Le Monde Tuesday calling on the French government not to reintroduce the bee-killing pesticide acetamiprid, warning that it could also be ...

More than a million people on Sunday had signed a petition urging the French government to ditch a law allowing the reintroduction of a banned pesticide experts say is deadly to bees. The so-called ...

The Loi Duplomb, named after conservative senator Laurent Duplomb who proposed it, claims to ease pressure on farmers by loosening rules on pesticide use, large-scale livestock farming and water ...

The ruling is a blow to the French farm lobby, with Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard noting farmers in other EU countries can continue to use acetamiprid. France’s constitutional court Thursday ...