Tag: neonicotinoids
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Scientists Release Landmark Worldwide Assessment Detailing Effects of Bee-Killing Pesticides
The report looks beyond the harmful affects on bees…
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Two New Studies Address the Ongoing Plight of Honeybees
Once again, new reports have surfaced providing more evidence that the destructive use of pesticides in large-scale agriculture…
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7 PR Tricks Pesticide Companies Use to Spin Bee Crisis
The new report uncovers the deceptive public relations tactics used by Bayer, Swiss-based Syngenta and U.S.-based Monsanto…
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Study Shows Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments Offer ‘Little to No Benefit’
Center for Food Safety released a scientific literature review which reveals that neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments offer little benefit, do not increase crop yields and cause widespread environmental and economic damage. In particular, neonicotinoids have been implicated in bee population declines and colony collapse. While some fear that crop yields will suffer without the use…