Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Birds, Bees, And Aquatic Life Threatened By Gross Underestimate Of Toxicity Of World's Most Widely Used Pesticide Birding Group Study Says

Birds, Bees, And Aquatic Life Threatened By Gross Underestimate Of Toxicity Of World's Most Widely Used Pesticide Birding Group Study Says
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/3/19/246936/Birds-Bees-And-Aquatic-Life.aspx

"As part of a study on impacts from the world's most widely used class of insecticides, nicotine-like chemicals called neonicotinoids, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has called for a ban on their use as seed treatments and for the suspension of all applications pending an independent review of the products' effects on birds, terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, and other wildlife."

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