Comments | ontd_political: Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags

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Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags

Jan 08, 2011 21:59

Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flagsby: Tom Philpott ( Read more... )

bees, science, animals, epa

Comments 6

hotcoffeems January 9 2011, 04:07:55 UTC

Clothianidin has been widely used on corn, the largest U.S. crop, since 2003. Suppliers sell seeds pre-treated with it.

That effect makes it highly toxic to a crop's pests -- and also harmful to pollen-hoarding honeybees, which have experienced mysterious annual massive die-offs (known as "colony collapse disorder") here in the United States at least since 2006.

DAMMIT.

I love bees. I think they are so underestimated. A world without bees would be a horrible world. We can't have this happen.

romp January 9 2011, 04:09:58 UTC

I agree this is HUGE. Mainly because something needs to be done now! I posted this to my FB a couple of weeks ago and a couple of people were excited but...what now, you know?

stellar_kar January 9 2011, 04:10:53 UTC

The idea of bees being gone scares me so much. Also it saddens me because my Grandpa raised bees for a long time

shellazure January 9 2011, 04:20:41 UTC

>:/ You fuckers. Shit like this makes me wish my (upcoming) degree in Environmental Policy would immediately allow me to go take charge and clean house at the EPA.

Free market bullshit grumble grumble.

saigonostalker January 9 2011, 05:31:56 UTC

So... at what point will heads start to roll in the EPA over this?

Can it be tomorrow?