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Killing Bees: Are Government and Industry Responsible?

Honey bees, the essential pollinators of many major US crops, have been dying off in massive numbers since 2006. This threatens the American agricultural system and the one in twelve American jobs that depends on it.

There is growing evidence that a new class of pesticides -- nerve toxins called neonicotinoids, which are used on most US crops including almost all corn -- may be toxic to bees...


Source: Killing Bees: Are Government and Industry Responsible?
Author: Link TV

Link: Pesticides put bumblebee colonies at risk of failure
Link: The US food supply and one in twelve American agriculture jobs are directly threatened by the EPA’s decision to approve the use of a controversial pesticide...

Date: 2012-10-18

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