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Bee Killers Neonic Pesticides Again Linked to Decline
A study in the journal Nature Communications examined wild bee populations relative to the use of controversial neonic (neonicotinoid) pesticides from 1994 to 2011, and discovered that extinction rates paralleled their use on plants throughout the country. The 34 species analyzed experienced a 10 percent population drop across the board, with fi ve of the species seeing a decrease of 20 percent or more, and the most-impacted group declining by 30 percent. Researchers say this indicates that up to half of the population decline could be attributed to the use of neonics. “It contributes, but there is a bigger picture,” says Jeffrey
Pettis, an entomologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Beltsville Bee
Laboratory, in Maryland. Other factors are thought to include parasites such as varroa mites and nosema fungus (a bacterial disease known as foulbrood) plus viruses, drought and loss of habitat. Meanwhile, the Friends of the Earth (FOE) environmental group has launched a petition calling on the Ace and True Value hardware companies to follow Lowe’s and Home Depot’s example of phasing out the pesticides. FOE says, “If these garden retailers don’t act fast, they’ll lose customers. A new poll shows that 66 percent of Americans prefer to shop at Lowe’s and Home Depot because they’ve committed to stop selling bee-killing pesticides.”
Take action at
Tinyurl.com/BanNeonicsPetition.
Rigged Research GMO Studies Compromised by Confl icts of Interest
An article published by the journal PLOS One refl ects the opinion of researchers affi liated with France’s National Institute for Agricultural Research that a large portion of studies on genetically modifi ed (GM/GMO) crops are rife with confl icts of interest. They state that many have been tainted because someone that worked on a study was also an employee of a company producing them. The study investigated direct fi nancial confl icts of interest, but not other factors such as authors being members of advisory boards, co-holders of patents or consultants to GM companies.
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confl ict of interest. The authors noted that the suspect studies had a much higher likelihood of presenting a favorable outcome for GMOs compared to others. The majority of these studies (404) were American; 83 were Chinese.
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