Neonicotinoids are one of the most widely used classes of pesticide in the world .

新烟碱是目前全球使用最广泛的杀虫剂之一。

A few countries , including france , germany and slovenia , have already restricted the use of neonicotinoids because of worries about their effects on bees .

包括法国、德国和斯洛文尼亚在内的一些国家已经限制了新盐碱的使用，他们担心这种杀虫剂会给蜜蜂造成影响。

Corn , and plenty of other crops , use pesticides with chemicals known as neonicotinoids ( they affect neurons , and are similar to nicotine ) .

玉米等农作物使用一种叫做“新烟碱”的化学物作为杀虫剂（这种化学物类似尼古丁，会影响神经系统）。

Last month , the environmental protection agency was sued by a coalition of beekeepers , as well as representatives from the sierra club , the center for environmental health , and the center for food safety , for failing to protect bees by approving neonicotinoids without proper review .

上个月，来自美国养蜂人联盟、塞拉俱乐部（theSierraClub）、环境健康中心（theCenterforEnvironmentalHealth）以及食品安全中心（theCenterforFoodSafety）的代表联合起诉美国环保署（theEnvironmentalProtectionAgency），认为后者没有经过慎重的评估就批准新烟碱用于杀虫剂，结果导致蜜蜂死亡。