You are talking sense. That's why governments don't. I just heard only yesterday that the British government had not signed up for the banning of all pesticides whilst members of the EU. The BBC said on their website: "An extended ban on controversial neonicotinoid pesticides will be supported by the UK, Environment Secretary Michael Gove says. The UK has previously resisted tighter restrictions on the pesticides, saying there was insufficient evidence. Mr Gove says that's no longer the case.
Environmentalists have long said neonicotinoids are harming pollinators. But the UK government has generally backed the farmers' view that the chemicals are safe.
It was overruled in 2013 when the EU banned three types of neonicotinoid pesticides for most uses in the fields.
The European Commission now wants to extend that ban to all uses of "neonics" except for in greenhouses.
This time Mr Gove says the UK won't object in principle."
So my government has thus far helped kill lots of bees and I'm very upset. I envy off-gridders in the nicest way! JV