• EPA Document Shows It Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees
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[URL]http://www.fastcompany.com/1708896/wiki-bee-leaks-epa-document-reveals-agency-knowingly-allowed-use-of-bee-toxic-pesticide[/URL] [quote] The world honey bee population has plunged in recent years, worrying beekeepers and farmers who know how critical bee pollination is for many crops. A number of theories have popped up as to why the North American honey bee population has declined--electromagnetic radiation, malnutrition, and climate change have all been pinpointed. Now a leaked EPA document reveals that the agency allowed the widespread use of a bee-toxic pesticide, despite warnings from EPA scientists. The document, which was leaked to a Colorado beekeeper, shows that the EPA has ignored warnings about the use of clothianidin, a pesticide produced by Bayer that mainly is used to pre-treat corn seeds. The pesticide scooped up $262 million in sales in 2009 by farmers, who also use the substance on canola, soy, sugar beets, sunflowers, and wheat, according to [I][URL="http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-10-leaked-documents-show-epa-allowed-bee-toxic-pesticide-"]Grist[/URL][/I]. The leaked document ([URL="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/Memo_Nov2010_Clothianidin.pdf"]PDF[/URL]) was put out in response to Bayer's request to approve use of the pesticide on cotton and mustard. The document invalidates a prior Bayer study that justified the registration of clothianidin on the basis of its safety to honeybees:[INDENT][quote]Clothianidin’s major risk concern is to nontarget insects (that is, honey bees). Clothianidin is a neonicotinoid insecticide that is both persistent and systemic. Acute toxicity studies to honey bees show that clothianidin is highly toxic on both a contact and an oral basis. Although EFED does not conduct RQ based risk assessments on non-target insects, information from standard tests and field studies, as well as incident reports involving other neonicotinoids insecticides (e.g., imidacloprid) suggest the potential for long-term toxic risk to honey bees and other beneficial insects.[/quote][/INDENT]The entire 101-page memo is damning (and worth a read). But the opinion of EPA scientists apparently isn't enough for the agency, which is allowing clothianidin to keep its registration. Suspicions about clothianidin aren't new; the EPA's Environmental Fate and Effects Division (EFAD) first expressed concern when the pesticide was introduced, in 2003, about the "possibility of toxic exposure to nontarget pollinators [e.g., honeybees] through the translocation of clothianidin residues that result from seed treatment." Clothianidin was still allowed on the market while Bayer worked on a botched toxicity study [[URL="http://www.grist.org/i/assets/bees_Guelph.pdf"]PDF[/URL]], in which test and control fields were planted as close as 968 feet apart. Clothianidin has already been banned by Germany, France, Italy, and Slovenia for its toxic effects. So why won't the EPA follow? The answer probably has something to do with the American affinity for corn products. But without honey bees, our entire food supply is in trouble.[/quote] Before a idiot comes in and says "who cares about honeybees?" please research Pollination.
Does this disprove the radio waves causing bees to die?
Goddamn corporations, you just gotta fuck everything up don't you? Maybe if the EPA had listened to science instead of money, we wouldn't be having this problem.
This is terrible and I can see it being a massive conspiracy theory . Chinks gonna rule the world!
[QUOTE=Coffee;26700002]Does this disprove the radio waves causing bees to die?[/QUOTE] Sneaky edit eh.
[QUOTE=Swebonny;26700035]Sneaky edit eh.[/QUOTE] What edit? :smug:
[QUOTE=Coffee;26700002]Does this disprove the radio waves causing bees to die?[/QUOTE] No, not really. You can't only die from one thing you know.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;26700009]Goddamn corporations, you just gotta fuck everything up don't you? Maybe if the EPA had listened to science instead of money, we wouldn't be having this problem.[/QUOTE] Xen Tricks: broadly casting the blame on the "man" since 2010.
-snip, nevermind-
[QUOTE=R3mix;26700069]No, not really. You can't only die from one thing you know.[/QUOTE] So Pesticides and Radio Waves are killing bees?
[QUOTE=tomahawk2;26700078]Xen Tricks: broadly casting the blame on the "man" since 2010.[/QUOTE] [quote]Now a leaked EPA document reveals that the agency allowed the widespread use of a bee-toxic pesticide, despite warnings from EPA scientists. The document, which was leaked to a Colorado beekeeper, shows that the EPA has ignored warnings about the use of clothianidin, a pesticide produced by Bayer that mainly is used to pre-treat corn seeds. The pesticide scooped up $262 million in sales in 2009 by farmers, who also use the substance on canola, soy, sugar beets, sunflowers, and wheat, according to Grist. [/quote] [quote]" Clothianidin was still allowed on the market while Bayer worked on a botched toxicity study [PDF], in which test and control fields were planted as close as 968 feet apart. [/quote] Yeah sure isn't Bayer's fault, nope. Also since when is the man anything but the government?
[QUOTE=Coffee;26700089]So Pesticides and Radio Waves are killing bees?[/QUOTE] Skip to 2:50 on that video. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mea0tq0KWu4[/media] It's the drugs growing under the corn I tell you!
I fucking hate corn syrup, it tastes like shit but they put it in everything and keep growing more shitty corn that nobody likes and is killing bees.
[QUOTE=Coffee;26700089]So Pesticides and Radio Waves are killing bees?[/QUOTE] I can't confirm that, but it may be a possibility.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;26700113]Yeah sure isn't Bayer's fault, nope. Also since when is the man anything but the government?[/QUOTE] I never said it wasn't Bayer. I was pointing out that instead of blaming Bayer, you blame corporations as a whole, which is a misguided generalization. The man has always referred to the upper class establishment, who usually has power because of wealth. Who told you it was the government?
[QUOTE=Coffee;26700002]Does this disprove the radio waves causing bees to die?[/QUOTE] Yes, but it's not the pesticide that are making them disappear either, they were merely going home back to Planet Melissa Majoria.
[QUOTE=tomahawk2;26700426]I never said it wasn't Bayer. I was pointing out that instead of blaming Bayer, you blame corporations as a whole, which is a misguided generalization. The man has always referred to the upper class establishment, who usually has power because of wealth. Who told you it was the government?[/QUOTE] I don't blame corporations as a whole, I blame the one that abuse their monetary power to influence policy and groups to do things counter to good practice but for their monetary gain. I don't just mean "fuck corporations" And idk the man seems like the governmental archetype, not just rich white dudes.
We should modify bees to not have stingers. I'm afraid of all meany insects.
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;26700688]We should modify bees to not have stingers. I'm afraid of all meany insects.[/QUOTE] brazillian honey bees don't have stingers
They should have used raid.
One of the numerous reasons the EPA should be abolished. It's a fucking blackhole of money.
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