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29 April 2013 – LifeWise
Europe will enforce the world’s first continent-wide ban on widely used insecticides linked to serious harm in bees, after a European commission vote on Monday, April 29, 2013.
The landmark suspension is a victory for millions of environment campaigners concerned about dramatic declines in bees who were backed by experts at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). But it is a serious defeat for the chemical companies who make billions a year from the products and also UK ministers, who both argued that the ban will harm food production.
“Today’s pesticide ban throws Europe’s bees a vital lifeline, following a massive campaign backed by 2.6 million people,” said Iain Keith, at Avaaz. “Europe is taking science seriously and must now put the full ban in place, to give bees the breathing space they need.”… http://southweb.org/lifewise/europe-will-enforces-worlds-first-continent-wide-ban-on-insecticides-harming-bees/
May 12, 2013 Nation Of Change
U.S. APPROVES BEE DEATH PESTICIDE AS E.U. BANS IT http://www.nationofchange.org/us-approves-bee-death-pesticide-eu-bans-it-1368372299
May 10, 2013 National Geographic
THE PLIGHT OF THE HONEYBEES http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130510-honeybee-bee-science-european-union-pesticides-colony-collapse-epa-science/?conf=714690f7-017e-4691-a8d0-072ad4787a6b#
May 10, 2013 Thing Progress
WHY YOU SHOULD CARE THAT NEARLY A THIRD OF U.S. HONEY BEES DIED LAST WINTER http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/10/1974281/honey-bees-food-crisis/
May 11, 2013 Focusing on Wildlife
WILD BIRD SEED COATED WITH NEONICOTINOIDS IS DEADLY TO SONGBIRDS AND WILDLIFE http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/conservation-group-seeks-assurance-that-wild-bird-seed-products-are-pesticide-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conservation-group-seeks-assurance-that-wild-bird-seed-products-are-pesticide-free
April 30, 2013 – New Scientist
GOOD ARTICLE EXPLAINING RESEARCH : BEES NEED EUROPE’S PESTICIDE BAN, WHATEVER THE UK OR US SAYS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23465-bees-need-europes-pesticide-ban-whatever-the-uk-says.html?page=1
May 13, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
WIDELY USED INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATING WATER SUPPLIES, TRIGGERING WILDLIFE DIE OFF http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/widely-used-insecticide-contaminating-water-supplies-triggering-wildlife-die-off-in-europe/
May 8, 2013 Guardian Environment
U.S. HONEYBEES THREATENED AS 31% OF COLONIES DIED OUT IN 2012 (Pesticides Weaken Immune Systems) http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/08/honey-bees-threatened-colonies-extinct-2012
January 10, 2012 Mother Jones
BAYER RAKES IN $1 BILLION IN 2010 WITH BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/01/purdue-study-implicates-bayer-pesticide-bee-die-offs
April 29, 2013 Guardian UK – George Monbiot
BEWARE THE RISE OF GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST TURNED LOBBYISTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/29/beware-rise-government-scientists-lobbyists
———PESTICIDES ARE POISON. PERIOD——–
May 11, 2013 Focusing on Wildlife
PESTICIDE PESTILENCE: NEONICOTINOIDS DEADLY TO SONG BIRDS – COATED WILD BIRD SEED BEING SOLD TO CONSUMERS?
http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/conservation-group-seeks-assurance-that-wild-bird-seed-products-are-pesticide-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=conservation-group-seeks-assurance-that-wild-bird-seed-products-are-pesticide-free
May 2, 2013 Guardian Environment
USA BOWS TO POWERFUL BIOTECH CHEMICAL CARTEL – REJECTS EU CLAIM OF INSECTICIDE AS PRIME REASON FOR BEE COLONY COLLAPSE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/02/us-bee-report-pesticide-eu
May 3, 2013 Mother Jones, Tom Philpott
EUROPE BANS BEE HARMING PESTICIDES: USA KEEPS SPRAYING
In the US, neonic-treated crops cover a land mass equivalent to as much as twice the size of the California. http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/05/eu-ban-bee-harming-pesticides-puts-pressure-us-epa
May 3, 2013 World Environmental News
AS HONEY BEE NUMBERS DROP, U.S. SEES THREAT TO FOOD SUPPLY http://planetark.org/wen/68568
May 3, 2013 Mongabay
WIDELY USED INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATING WATER SUPPLIES, TRIGGERING WILDLIFE DIE-OFF IN EUROPE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0503-gen-imidacloprid-europe.html
ARE NEONICOTINOIDS TOO BIG TO BAN? http://www.theorganicview.com/health/are-neonicotinoids-too-big-to-ban/
May 5, 2013 2013 Sacramento Bee
DYING BEES RAISE ALARM FOR HUMANS http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/05/5393859/dying-bees-raise-alarm-for-humans.html
IF PESTICIDES ARE STRESSING AND KILLING BEES, WHAT’S IT DOING TO US http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=BEES+PESTICIDES#post_3998071752
————– PESTICIDE INDUSTRY PUSHES BACK —————
+++++MONSANTO RIDER” IN FARM BILL EXEMPTS AGRIBUSINESS FROM LIABILITY FOR BIOCROPS, PESTICIDES, CHEMICALS AND ELIMINATES GOVERNMENT POWER TO REGULATE THEM … http://grist.org/article/frankenfoods-hitch-a-ride-through-congress-but-you-can-help-stop-them/
January 10, 2012 Mother Jones
BAYER ALONE RAKES IN $1 BILLION IN 2010 WITH BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/01/purdue-study-implicates-bayer-pesticide-bee-die-offs
May 3, 2013 Guardian Environment – Damian Carrington
REVEALED: GERMANY’S SECRET BID TO KILL BAN ON BEE-HARMING PESTICIDES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/may/03/bees-pesticides-neonicotinoid-germany
April 11, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory
PRIVATE LETTERS REVEAL SYNGENTA AND BAYER’S FURIOUS LOBBYING AGAINST BEE PESTICIDE BAN http://corporateeurope.org/publications/pesticides-against-pollinators
April 30, 2013 EurActive
INSECTICIDE FIRMS IN SECRET BID TO STOP BAN THAT COULD SAVE BEES http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/insecticide-firms-secret-bid-ban-news-519410
THE GLOBAL CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL – AN UNPRECEDENTED POWER OVER AGRICULTURE AND WORLD FOOD SUPPLY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1716244040/the-global-chemical-biotech-cartel-an-unprecedented-power-over-world-agriculture-and-human-health
NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO’S “PESTICIDE” ROUNDUP – THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE http://sco.lt/5bdPhx
May 3, 2013 Mongabay
WIDELY USED INSECTICIDE CONTAMINATING WATER SUPPLIES, TRIGGERING WILDLIFE DIE-OFF IN EUROPE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0503-gen-imidacloprid-europe.html
May 1, 2013 Earth Justice
PESTICIDE REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE FROM PESTICIDES http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/pesticide-regulation-overhaul-needed-to-protect-wildlife-from-pesticides
May 1, 2013 – The Guardian
THESE ‘BEE’ KILLING PESTICIDES TERMINATE MORE THAN JUST BEES: STUDY LINKS INSECTICIDE USE TO INVERTEBRATE DIE OFFS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/01/study-links-insecticide-invertebrate-die-off
May 2, 2013 – FEEDING BEES GMO PESTICIDE CORN SYRUP WEAKENS IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HONEY BEE HEALTH http://www.beekeepereric.com/?p=307
THOUSANDS OF FARMERS DYING: STUDY LINKS KIDNEY DISEASE TO AGROCHEMICALS http://sco.lt/8EMqMj
LASHINGS OF PESTICIDES “STUNNING” DIFFERENCE OF GM FROM NON-GMO CORN http://sco.lt/5X53bt
THE INSECTICIDES — IMIDACLOPRID AND CLOTHIANIDIN PRODUCED BY BAYER, AND THIAMETHOXAM, MADE BY SYNGENTA — are used to treat genetically engineered seeds, and applied to soil or sprayed on bee-attractive plants and cereals http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/EU_to_ban_pesticides_linked_to_bee_deaths_999.html
April 29, 2013 EurActive
GREEN NGOs HAIL ‘HISTORIC’ VICTORY IN PESTICIDE VOTE http://www.euractiv.com/sustainability/environment-ngos-hail-historic-v-news-519428
April 30, 2013 Yale Environment 360
DECLINING BEE POPULATIONS POSE THREAT TO GLOBAL AGRICULTURE http://e360.yale.edu/feature/declining_bee_populations_pose_a_threat_to_global_agriculture/2645/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29
April 29, 2013 Buglife
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLACES A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ON DANGEROUS INSECTICIDES – BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO SAVE THE POLLINATING BEES? European Commission places a temporary suspension on dangerous insecticides http://www.buglife.org.uk/News/European+Commission+places+a+temporary+suspension+on+dangerous+insecticides
WHY IS OUR FOOD BEING MADE AND MODIFIED BY THE WORLD’S LARGEST PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS? http://gmo-awareness.com/all-about-gmos/gmo-defined/
THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED? http://sco.lt/7QxMob
WATCH:
+++”BITTER SEEDS’ FILM TRAILER: MONSANTO, GMO SEEDS, PESTICIDES AND INDIAN FARMER SUICIDES http://sco.lt/5F90Mr
INDIA: 8,200 FARMERS SUICIDE: MAHARASHTRA STATE REVOKES MONSANTO’S COTTON SEED LICENSE DUE TO PESTICIDE OVERUSE http://sco.lt/6UU39d
HOW YOU BECAME A GUINEA PIG FOR THE CHEMICAL CORPORATIONS http://sco.lt/5fQh73
———————-BATTLE FOR THE BEES——————–
April 25, 2013 – Sun Journal
U.S. SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO — “REDUCE” — REGULATIONS ON PESTICIDES http://www.newbernsj.com/news/business/hagan-co-sponsors-bill-to-reduce-regulations-on-pesticides-1.132767in-the-air
April 5, 2013 Science News
YET ANOTHER STUDY LINKS INSECTICIDE IN GMOs TO BEE LOSSES Findings point to treated corn seed — and corn syrup — as possible links to a pandemic afflicting North American pollinators http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/339726/description/Yet_another_study_links_insecticide_to_bee_losses
27 March 2013 – Seed Daily
USA REGULATORS UNDER FIRE OVER RISKY PESTICIDES THAT PUT PEOPLE AND VALUABLE CROP POLLINATORS, LIKE BEES, IN PERIL http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/US_regulators_under_fire_over_bee-toxic_pesticides_999.html
Feb 28, 2013 – Smithsonian Magazine
COULD DISAPPEARING WILD INSECTS TRIGGER A GLOBAL CROP CRISIS? BENEFICIAL POLLINATORS, BEES AND PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9Id8RV
MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION PLUNGES 59%. NOW AT LOWEST LEVEL EVER http://sco.lt/5WgK8n
SAVE THE BEES, SAVE THE BERRIES, SAVE ME http://sco.lt/89uHUv
April 12, 2013 – Honey Colony – Mark Bittman
PESTICIDES: THE THREAT IS MORE ACUTE THAN EVER http://www.honeycolony.com/article/pesticides-now-more-than-ever/
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THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE
IF THESE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES ARE KILLING OUR INSECTS AND BIRDS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO US?
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++++WHAT PESTICIDE EXPOSURE IS DOING TO YOUR BODY http://sco.lt/7IKHmD
May 10, 2013 Honey Colony
SAME HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP USED IN OUR SOFT DRINKS LINKED TO BEE COLONY COLLAPSE http://www.honeycolony.com/article/high-fructose-corn-syrup-linked-to-bee-colony-collapse/
FOOD ALLERGIES, CANCER, ILL HEALTH LINKED TO PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/4megAz
April 30, 2013 Elephant Journal
BUTTER, SALT, AND A SIDE OF POISON: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY FROM MONSANTO AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/butter-salt-a-side-of-poison-how-to-protect-your-family-from-monsanto-genetically-modified-foods-marylee-fairbanks/
February 8, 2012 Food Integrity Campaign
DROWNING IN HERBICIDE: MONSANTO IGNORES HEALTH CONCERNS http://www.foodwhistleblower.org/blog/23-2012/286-drowning-in-herbicide-monsanto-ignores-health-concerns
CHEMICAL “SOUP” CONNECTION BETWEEN TOXINS AND POOR HEALTH – SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN http://sco.lt/4srC4n
CHEMICAL CREEP: HOW TOXIC CHEMICALS ARE SNEAKING INTO YOUR FOOD AND YOUR BODY – March 7, 2013 Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/toxic-chemicals-food-body_n_2829270.html
HOW BIOTECH CORPORATIONS AND GMO CROPS ARE THREATENING THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANKIND ALIKE http://sco.lt/7OmezB
8 WAYS CORPORATIONS ARE POISONING OUR FOOD, WATER AND EARTH
http://www.nationofchange.org/8-ways-corporations-are-poisoning-our-food-water-earth-1362318238
HOW GMO FOODS AFFECT HEALTH – GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://dailyhealthpost.com/how-gmo-foods-affect-health/#axzz2NCebcdtc
April 30, 2013 Elephant Journal
BUTTER, SALT, AND A SIDE OF POISON: HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY FROM MONSANTO AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/butter-salt-a-side-of-poison-how-to-protect-your-family-from-monsanto-genetically-modified-foods-marylee-fairbanks/
WATCH:
+++THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO (FULL LENGTH) THE LEADER OF THE CHEMICAL BIOTECH CARTEL http://sco.lt/7FFsXZ
May 31st 2012 – The Economist
+++VIDEO: SUBTLE POISON – BEES AND INSECTICIDES http://www.economist.com/node/21551451?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/ar/subtlepoison
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