Poisons contribute to ecocide (pesticides dont just kill pests), - TopicsExpress



          

Poisons contribute to ecocide (pesticides dont just kill pests), so somehow we need to rethink our way of agriculture. Integrated Pest Management (not mentioned in this article) could hold some promise and organic is optimal (but underfunded). Part of the problem is the entire way our food is under monopolization by chemical corporations and it is these corporate giants that are influencing governments while taking over seed companies and the entire food production system. In an unlikely embrace of nuance, Mother Jones’ Tom Philpott now grudgingly acknowledges that varroa mites could be the driver of bee deaths. “Disturbingly,” writes Philpott “in his review of the study, [the scientists] found that the virus also replicates in varroa mites, an established bee pest, and that the infected mites could help spread the virus.” This adds a new layer to the emerging consensus in the scientific community that the mites, in combination with other factors, are the central threat to bee health. via the web
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:10:01 +0000

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