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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Guardian staff

More than 40 arrests made after UK activists target ‘bee-killing’ pesticides

Greenpeace protesters’ message on a roundabout into a giant hazard symbol with the message ‘Syngenta poisons nature’ and an arrow pointing directly at the Syngenta headquarters in Huddersfield
Greenpeace protesters’ message on a roundabout pointing to Syngenta’s headquarters in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Photograph: Greenpeace/PA

More than 40 people, including Greenpeace UK’s programme director, Amy Cameron, have been arrested after a protest outside pesticide company Syngenta’s Yorkshire headquarters.

A number of the activists locked themselves on to 15 blue pesticide barrels outside the headquarters, blocking the gates and leading to the temporary closure of the local A62. Activists had transformed a roundabout outside the front entrance into a giant hazard symbol carrying the message “Syngenta poisons nature” with an arrow pointing directly at the building. The action took place on World Bee day.

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