GRIST: EPA Won’t Restrict Bee-Killing Chemical

Posted by: Paul Tukey Posted date: December 13, 2010 In: General | comment : 3

Tom Philpott, the senior food and agriculture writer, for Grist.org, did an exceptional job of breaking down the timeline and story behind the chemical that is causing colony collapse disorder in bees:

http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide-/

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http://organiclandscaperblog.com Javier Gil

Paul,
apparently EPA already knew that clothianidin, the pesticide produced by Bayer, was killing bees and ignored the signs.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1708896/wiki-bee-leaks-epa-document-reveals-agency-knowingly-allowed-use-of-bee-toxic-pesticide

Javier
Sharon Tappan

Paul,
Congratulations to SafeLawns. Your organization called this on the neonicotines and the bees before anyone out there. For the Penn State professor to finally step up and agree is really something, since the university people never wanted to stick their necks out and state the obvious.

As a longtime member of the beekeeping community, I’ll be sending you a token of my appreciation for the work you do to blow the whistle on these pesticides.

S. Tappan

GRIST: EPA Won’t Restrict Bee-Killing Chemical

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