America needs to get off the Pesticide Treadmill! via Jim Gerritsen and Wood Prairie Farm SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY WIDESPREAD NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF NEONICS. Chemical agriculture failing. An exhaustive analysis of peer-reviewed studies leaves researchers with little doubt as to the monumental negative effects from commonly used systemic neonicotinoid insecticides. On the other hand, organic farming produces healthy food without this detrimental chemical baggage. The scientists say the threat to nature is the same as that once posed by the notorious chemical DDT...Neonicotinoids were introduced in the early 1990s as a replacement for older, more damaging chemicals. They are a systemic insecticide, meaning that they are absorbed into every cell in a plant, making all parts poisonous to pests. But some scientists have been concerned about their impact, almost since the moment they were introduced. Much of the worry has surrounded their effects on bees...Their assessment of the global impact says the threat posed goes far beyond bees. Jim
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 10:48:50 +0000
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