Tag Archive | "Colony Collapse Disorder"
Bee Evidence Builds . . . The Government Sleeps . . . And YOU Need to Take Action
Will you help? It’s been five years since SafeLawns blew the whistle on the fact that a group of pesticides was responsible for the sudden die-off of bees known as colony collapse disorder. We were threatened with lawsuits and endured a smear campaign, but ultimately our bee story has been picked up by thousands of [...]
Continue reading...Dan Rather Reports: EPA Covers Up Bee Evidence
Sunday, September 25, 2011
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO IGNORE PESTICIDE PROOF We’ve been at this now for more than five years. As one of the first organizations in North America to go public with the notion that a class of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine were responsible for the sudden bee death known as colony collapse disorder, we were threatened [...]
Continue reading...Top U.S. Bee Researcher Continues to Link Pesticides to Deaths
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Evidence Points to Synthetic Nicotines The lead bee researcher for the United States reiterated his position at a luncheon Wednesday: neonicotinoid pesticides like imidacloprid are among the root causes of colony collapse disorder of bees. Here is our original post on Pettis’ research: http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2011/01/blockbuster-research-usda-scientist-confirms-pesticides-can-kill-bees/. Here is the link to one of the original articles we posted on [...]
Continue reading...Government Considers Soil Drenching of Pesticides in Boston
Friday, April 15, 2011
Bee-Killing Pesticide Should Only Be Trunk Injected in Fight Against Asian Longhorn Beetle The SafeLawns Foundation has learned that the United States Department of Agriculture is considering drenching the pesticide known as imidacloprid — widely implicated in the phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder — across hundreds of acres of Greater Boston. We strongly, emphatically, denounce this [...]
Continue reading...EPA Won’t Take Action on Bee-Killing Chemical
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
In a bulletin posted today by our friends at Beyond Pesticides, the Washington-based agency is reporting that the United States Environmental Protection Agency will ignore scientific studies about the chemical responsible for Colony Collapse Disorder in bees: http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/. Given this travesty, concerned citizens must make their voices heard and contact their U.S. Senators and Congressional [...]
Continue reading...More Research Points to Same Bee Conclusion
Friday, January 28, 2011
Earlier this week we reported on USDA research that further implicated synthetic nicotine pesticides in the widespread bee deaths that have been categorized as Colony Collapse Disorder. A report out of a major California university today reached the same conclusion: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jan/28/another-pesticide-link-vanishing-honeybees/
Continue reading...Join 700,000 in Signing Bee Petition
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Back on Dec. 29, we sent out a call to join us in signing a petition asking the U.S. to join a growing worldwide ban on the pesticides responsible for causing colony collapse disorder in bees. On this site, more than 700,000 folks have signed on! http://acelebrationofwomen.org/?p=39410
Continue reading...You Can Help Save The Bees
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Early in December we reported on an EPA document unearthed by Pesticide Action Network North America and Beyond Pesticides that shows the EPA knows full well what is causing Colony Collapse Disorder of bees. The culprit is pesticides known as neonicotinoids including imidacloprid and clothianidin. PANNA is asking anyone concerned about this subject to sign [...]
Continue reading...Bayer: Our Pesticides Won’t Kill Bees Again
Monday, December 20, 2010
Here is a breakdown of the Bayer response to the recent EPA memo concerning colony collapse disorder in bees: http://www.fastcompany.com/1710746/bayer-our-bee-toxic-pesticide-is-actually-safe-for-bees
Continue reading...GRIST: EPA Won’t Restrict Bee-Killing Chemical
Monday, December 13, 2010
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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