Sunday, July 27, 2014

StarTribune Bees at the Brink part 2, PioneerPress neonic story, The Silent Spring

http://www.startribune.com/local/268611322.html?site=full
This is the second part of Bees on the Brink series. It pits multi billion dollar Bayer the leading producer of neonicotonoids who claims their insecticide does not kill pollinators. They are under intense pressure from citizens that do not believe their claims. 

http://www.twincities.com/News/ci_26219757/Insecticides-in-our-food-and-water-new-studies-find
Neonicotinoids are showing up in our food and water across the country.
Are neonicotinoids causing the demise of pollinators and the wildlife that depend on insects to survive?

Is this leading to the Silent Spring?
Read the summary of the Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and how it pertains to DDT insecticide use. Is this the same issue now with neonicotinoids?
http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/hcarson.asp