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EPA Concludes Neonicotinoids Pose Risk to Bees, Fails to Analyze Other Pollinators
Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides known to have both acute and chronic effects on honeybees, birds, butterflies and other pollinator species, and they are a major factor in overall pollinator declines. These systemic insecticides cause entire plan
Jan 6, 2016
Common Dreams
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Jan 7, 2016 01:58
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EPA Says Insecticide May Pose Risk to Bees
its first assessment of the effect on bee colonies from use of neonicotinoids, which disrupt insects’ nervous systems and are widely used in the U.S. to kill pests like aphids and whiteflies on a range of crops. The review found that one variety of the ch
Jan 6, 2016
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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Jan 7, 2016 01:56
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This Controversial Pesticide Is Harming Honeybees
The risk assessment comes as honeybee colonies continue to experience large declines. A survey of 6,100 beekeepers published last May found that 42.1 percent of U.S. managed honeybees were lost between April 2014 and April 2015. Beekeepers in some states
Jan 6, 2016
Think Progress (blog)
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Jan 7, 2016 01:55
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[Minnesota, South Dakota] MARCOTTY: Bees win small victory at EPA
the ongoing war over pesticides and pollinators continued to escalate: Environmental groups and beekeepers, including two in Minnesota and South Dakota, sued the agency, alleging that it failed to properly regulate neonicotinoids used as seed coatings on
Jan 4, 2016
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune
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Jan 7, 2016 01:47
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EPA Data Confirms Honey Bee Exposure to Hazardous Pesticides, According to Beyond Pesticides
While EPA finds the insecticide imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid or neonic pesticide, at various levels in crops, the assessment confirms bees' widespread and sustained exposure to the highly toxic and persistent chemical through poisoned pollen and nectar.
Jan 6, 2016
PR Newswire
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Jan 7, 2016 01:46
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EPA Releases the First of Four Preliminary Risk Assessments for Insecticides Potentially Harmful to Bees
announced a preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the neonicotinoid insecticide, imidacloprid, which shows a threat to some pollinators. EPA’s assessment, prepared in collaboration with California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation, indicates that
Jan 5, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Jan 7, 2016 01:43
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Neonicotinoid Pesticide Use on Some Crops Harms Honeybees, EPA Finds
A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton plants and citrus trees but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency has found.
Jan 6, 2016
AP - Associated Press
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Jan 7, 2016 01:34
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[Massachusetts] Patch.com Inhaling Boston Air is Equal to Smoking Cigarettes
Living the City of Boston is equivalent to smoking five cigarettes a year, according to an online tool backed by the EPA.
Aug 29, 2015
Patch.org
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Aug 31, 2015 13:36
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[UK, USA] Heard about new law making it illegal to smoke in a car around children? Well...
You've probably seen something on social media about a new law that prohibits people from smoking in a car when children are present. There is such a law, but it won't affect people in the U.S. Let's talk about that: I saw where smoking while in a car
Aug 24, 2015
AL.com
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Aug 24, 2015 18:33
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Passive smoking
A WHO inquiry, conducted after the release of the tobacco-industry documents, found that this controversy was generated by the tobacco industry as part of its larger campaign to cut the WHO's budget, distort the results of scientific studies on passive sm
Aug 5, 2015
Wikipedia
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Aug 6, 2015 13:21