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Stop the Madness Bee close up Photo Credit: James Jordan via Compfight cc Monsanto sells soybean seeds coated in neonicotinoids (a class of pesticides directly linked to the mass die-off of honeybees) under pretense of helping farmers increase their yields. But according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pre-treating soybean seeds with neonics doesn’t deliver on that promise. And now, new evidence suggests that not only do pretreated soybean seeds not provide any benefit to farmers, they may actually cause a decrease in crop yields. So why perpetuate the madness? When we know neonics are poisoning pollinators, our soil, our drinking water, and even our food? Profits, of course. Neonic sales are a $2.6 billion business, according to a report by Friends of the Earth. And the big profiteers are the usual suspects: Monsanto (who sells the seeds), and Bayer and Syngenta, who make the poisons. salsa3.salsalabs/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=99Z1pvhSX90pQ1Xd%2BEqDx9Ed%2BdM%2FY%2Bhz
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:49:44 +0000

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