For anyone concerned with the alarming decline in bee populations, this is a petition started by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), who recently introduced legislation that would restrict the use of bee-killing pesticides. Just last month, 50,000 bumble bees died after trees in Wilsonville, Oregon were sprayed with dinotefuran, the neonicotinoid ingredient in Safari pesticide, which was the largest bee die-off ever recorded. In addition, scientists from the University of Maryland and the US Department of Agriculture just published a study that linked agricultural chemicals and pesticides to the mass die-offs.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:23:40 +0000
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