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Insecticide implicated in bee decline
Honeybees, bumblebees and many other insects are being slowly poisoned to death by persistent insecticides used to protect agricultural crops. Small doses of the toxic chemicals accumulate over time, meaning that there is no safe level of exposure. That’s the … Continue reading
UPDATE 2-Monsanto fined $2.5 mln on pesticide/seed misbrand
Monsanto Co (MON.N) has agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine for misbranding biotech cotton seeds in what regulators called the largest settlement of its kind for violating U.S. insecticide law.
CNSNews.com Bees in Even More Trouble After Bad Winter
The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees’ pollen and hives laden with pesticides. Read more
Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America
Tagged ccd, colony collapse disorder, pesticides, usa
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Bayer pesticide banned over threat to honeybees
A U.S. District Judge from Manhattan has banned the sale of spirotetramat, a pesticide produced by Bayer CropScience. Read more
Federal judge bans honeybee killing pesticide
The US justice system sided with nature this week in decision to forbid the sale of a dangerous pesticide known as spirotetramat after January 15, 2010. This toxin was sold under the trade name of Movento and Ultor. Read more
Nicotine Is No Good for Honeybees, Either
Autumn brings again reports of honey bee colonies crashing, collapsing, and beekeepers trying to figure out what to do. Read more
Pesticides not a serious threat to bees – Defra
DEFRA has angered anti-pesticide campaigners after it claimed chemical sprays were not to blame for the sharp decline in British bee numbers. Read more
Scientists examine how common pesticide mixes may affect bee die-offs
Since reports of widespread bee die-offs began to surface in October 2006, researchers have investigated possible reasons ranging from hive-infecting mites to cell phone-tower radiation. They have yet to pinpoint the cause of colony collapse disorder — most likely, because … Continue reading
Posted in Diseases and pesticides
Tagged ccd, colony collapse disorder, pesticides, research
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Obama’s attempt to tap an agrichemical-industry flack runs into trouble 1
Last month, President Obama nominated Islam “Isi” Siddiqui, vice president for governmental affairs at pesticide industry trade group Croplife America, to the post of chief agricultural negotiator at the U.S. Trade Office. Read more
Agri-chemical companies are both breeding and killing bees
Agri-chemical companies like Syngenta don’t just make the chemicals that have been blamed for the decline in bees; they also breed the bees that are being used as a replacement for wild pollinators Read more
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