"...the practice of coating seeds with pesticides became more controversial in recent years about possible impacts on honeybees from fugitive dust from neonicotinoid-treated crop seeds. The concern is whether such non-target movement of pesticide residues (the dust) might be partly responsible for the apparent decline in honeybee populations.
Critics view EPA’s policy about treated articles as not incorporating a sufficiently robust assessment of the impacts of this pesticide use pattern -- that is, the dust from the treated seeds and the systemic nature of neonicotinoid products used this way have impacts that EPA “ignores” due to the treated article exemption."
#EPA #Pesticides #HoneyBees #Pollinators
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/epa-issues-proposed-consent-decree-regarding-petition-concerning-treated-seeds-and
Critics view EPA’s policy about treated articles as not incorporating a sufficiently robust assessment of the impacts of this pesticide use pattern -- that is, the dust from the treated seeds and the systemic nature of neonicotinoid products used this way have impacts that EPA “ignores” due to the treated article exemption."
#EPA #Pesticides #HoneyBees #Pollinators
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/epa-issues-proposed-consent-decree-regarding-petition-concerning-treated-seeds-and
The National Law Review
EPA Issues a Proposed Consent Decree Regarding Petition Concerning Treated Seeds and Treated Article Exemption
On July 6, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed consent decree intended to resolve the case, Center for Food Safety, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Pro
Most Honey in America is Fake—Here’s Why That Matters
#Honey #HoneyBees #Pollinators #RightToKnow #InformedChoice
https://www.wellandgood.com/fake-honey-problem/
#Honey #HoneyBees #Pollinators #RightToKnow #InformedChoice
https://www.wellandgood.com/fake-honey-problem/
Well+Good
Most Honey in America Is Fake—Here’s Why That Matters
June is pollinator month, an annual community event held in the United States, encouraging education, awareness, and activities to celebrate the invaluable role that pollinators (bees, flies, beetles,
Why Are Bees Dying? Because of Bayer’s Business Model.
#HoneyBees #Pollinators #Pesticides #Neonicotinoids #BigChemical
https://organicconsumers.org/why-are-bees-dying-because-of-bayers-business-model/
#HoneyBees #Pollinators #Pesticides #Neonicotinoids #BigChemical
https://organicconsumers.org/why-are-bees-dying-because-of-bayers-business-model/
Organic Consumers
Why Are Bees Dying? Because of Bayer’s Business Model.
February 13, 2024 | by Alexis Baden-Mayer
Organic Consumers Association
In the 1980s, Bayer invented synthetic neonicotinoid compounds that could be applied to the seed of a plant and remain effective for the
Organic Consumers Association
In the 1980s, Bayer invented synthetic neonicotinoid compounds that could be applied to the seed of a plant and remain effective for the
Bill to ban #pesticides toxic to bees takes a key step forward in the #Vermont House
#Neonicotinoids #Pollinators #Bees #HoneyBees #GetToxicsOut
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-02-28/bill-to-ban-pesticides-toxic-to-bees-takes-a-key-step-forward-in-the-vermont-house
#Neonicotinoids #Pollinators #Bees #HoneyBees #GetToxicsOut
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-02-28/bill-to-ban-pesticides-toxic-to-bees-takes-a-key-step-forward-in-the-vermont-house
Vermont Public
Bill to ban pesticides toxic to bees takes a key step forward in the Vermont House
Lawmakers have advanced a bill that would ban the use of seeds treated with neonicotinoid pesticides in Vermont by 2029 and most spraying in 2025.
"Researchers at the University of Guelph say they want to see changes to how pesticides are labelled as "bee safe" after their new study found chemicals safe for honeybees may negatively affect wild bees."
#Bees #Honeybees #Pollinators #Pesticides #GetToxicsOut
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bee-safe-label-pesticides-needs-100000200.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
#Bees #Honeybees #Pollinators #Pesticides #GetToxicsOut
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bee-safe-label-pesticides-needs-100000200.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Yahoo News
'Bee safe' label on pesticides needs to be re-evaluated, University of Guelph researchers say
Researchers at the University of Guelph say they want to see changes to how pesticides are labelled as "bee safe" after their new study found chemicals safe for honeybees may negatively affect wild bees.The study was published in the Proceedings of the Royal…