Pesticide Manufacturers’ Tests Show Their Products Threaten Bees

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By Julie Fidler

A recent investigation by the environmental organization Greenpeace uncovered unpublished field trials by pesticide manufacturers which show that their products cause serious harm to honeybees at high levels. Senior scientists are now calling for the companies to stop hiding the results of their tests. [1]

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Source: March Against Monsanto

Greenpeace used the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain the results of research conducted by Syngenta and Bayer on their neonicotinoid insecticides, which the manufacturers had submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). [2]

Neonicotinoids, also called neonics, are the world’s most widely used insecticides. There is …read more

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