In response to:
Study: "EPA-approved-Bayer's-Production-Sales-GMO-Nicotine-Based-Insecticide-and-Monsanto-Using-it-on-Coating-its-GMO-Seeds"
Which isresponsible for killing off most of the bees in the USA, contaminating entire food chain !
April-9-2012
Early last year, leaked documents obtained by a Colorado beekeeper exposed the US EPA's illegitimate approval of clothianidin, a highly-toxic pesticide manufactured by Bayer CropScience that the regulatory agency knew was capable of killing off bees.
Leaked document: EPA knowingly approved bee-killing pesticide
naturalnews.com/030921_EPA_pesticides.html
Now, a new study out of Purdue-U-IN has not only confirmed, once again, that clothianidin is killing off bees, but also that clothianidin's toxicity is
On Thursday, Americans For Prosperity (AFP) held a conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to announce the release of a $6.1 million ad buy (their largest to date) to raise awareness and hold President Obama accountable for sending billions of taxpayer dollars overseas to fund “green energy” companies. This devastating clip, which will air in eight battleground states, reminds voters that while the $831 billion stimulus package was supposed to create thousands of American jobs at home, at least $34 billion was wasted – from Mexico to China – on risky investments abroad.
“American taxpayers...
The study, which was published in the online journal PLoS ONE, investigated the various methods and routes by which a class of insecticides known as neonicotinoids, such as clothianidin, are harming honey bees.
They discovered that both clothianidin and thiamethoxam, another component of neonicotinoid insecticides, persist in "extremely high levels" in planter exhaust material produced during the planting of crops treated with these insecticides, which runs contrary to industry claims that the chemicals biodegrade and are not a threat.
The research team also found neonicotinoid compounds in soil, including in fields
Based on their analysis, the researchers involved with the study determined that bees actively transfer contaminated pollen from primarily neonicotinoid-treated corn crops and bring it back to their hives.
The bees also transfer neonicotinoid compounds to other plants and crops not treated with the chemicals, which shows just how persistent these chemicals truly are in the environment.
Purdue-U-report
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250423/?tool=pubmed
"This research should nail the coffin lid shut on clothianidin," said Laurel Hopwood, chairwoman of the Sierra Club's Genetic Engineering Action Team, who is petitioning the EPA to
"Despite numerous attempts by the beekeeping industry and conservation organizations to persuade the EPA to ban clothianidin, the EPA has failed to protect the food supply for the American people."
naturalnews.com/035511_insecticide_bees_collapse.html#ixzz1tE2Hyn5w
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3250423/?tool=pubmed
iowa.sierraclub.org/Agriculture/agriculture.htm
beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=6919
naturalnews.com/030921_EPA_pesticides.html
These links were more speculation than anything else. Most of the conclusions were supported with mights and mays which is speculation and not science.
Even their control groups that were not exposed died off!
We need real studies and real science