Neonicotinoid Pesticides Tied To Crashing Bee Populations, 2 Studies Find
Submitted by emalvini on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 22:37Neonicotinoid Pesticides Tied To Crashing Bee Populations, 2 Studies Find
By Miguel Llanos, msnbc.com
A widely used farm pesticide first introduced in the 1990s has caused significant changes to bee colonies and removing it could be the key factor in restoring nature's army of pollinators, according to two studies released Thursday.
The scientists behind the studies in Europe called for regulators to consider banning the class of chemicals known as neonicotinoid insecticides. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency told msnbc.com that the studies would be incorporated into a review that's currently under way.
A pesticide trade group questioned the data, saying the levels of pesticide used were unrealistically high, while the researchers said the levels used were typical of what bees would find on farms.
"Our study raises important issues regarding pesticide authorization procedures," stated Mikael Henry, co-author of a study on honey bees. "So far, they mostly require manufacturers to ensure that doses encountered on the field do not kill bees, but they basically ignore the consequences of doses that do not kill them but may cause behavioral difficulties."
"There is an urgent need to develop alternatives to the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides on flowering crops wherever possible," added the authors of the second study on bumble bees.
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Why does it take our country so long to respond?
There have been studies that have been showing this for years.
http://www.naturalnews.com/024362.html
By the time the USA acts on anything like this, the damage is already done, the biosphere already destroyed.
Its disgusting...and its because of the special interests from companies like Monsanto and Bayer that control the FDA.
~Chris
Norfolk, VA
~Chris
Norfolk, VA
Time to INVESTIGATE the investigators of 9/11. PROSECUTE the prosecutors. EXPOSE the cover-up.
The chances are high
that since the government is involved here, that these "findings" are likely to be wrong, and that some company who pays higher bribes will be using this to ban the competition to their deadly pesticide which is really killing the bees.
Let's see who the competition is, which will reap the benefits.
Follow the money.
I'll bet it's Monsanto who is ready to profit from this move.
compensation
if this is true, every injured party has to be compensated to full satisfaction. -compensated not by the firms, which produced this insecticides, but by the farmers, which used that stuff on their fields.
Because if someone got shoot down, not the gun-producer should be blamed, but the shooter.
This would teach this farmers to inform themselfs next time and research, what they spray on their fields.
I speak german, so please excuse my maybe strange english