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  • From: annallys Goodwin-Landher <annallys AT hotmail.com>
  • To: Natural Beekeeping <naturalbeesinnc AT yahoogroups.com>, OCBA <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ocba] FW: The Threat to Birds That No One Is Talking About
  • Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:26:58 -0400

Title: Mother Jones
Hi,

New research out on
neonicotinoids that it's killing birds and water insects.  See the "Not just the Bees"  article below.


Annallys
919 933-9109
annallys AT hotmail.com

Four years after the bees are gone, humanity is gone.

Albert Einstein




Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:43 -0500
From: do_not_reply AT motherjones.com
To: annallys AT hotmail.com
Subject: The Threat to Birds That No One Is Talking About

FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOOD + FARMING FROM TOM PHILPOTT

 

MOTHER JONES

March 27, 2013

 

THE MAIN DISH

The Threat to Birds That No One Is Talking About

Once again this spring, farmers will begin planting some 140 million acres—a land mass roughly equal to the combined footprints of California and Washington state—with seeds treated with a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. If you're a regular reader of my blog, you know that's probably bad news for honeybees and other pollinators, as a growing body of research shows—including three studies released just ahead of last year's planting season.

But bees aren't the only iconic springtime creature threatened by the ubiquitous pesticide, whose biggest makers are the European giants Dow and Syngenta. It turns out that birds are too, according to an alarming new analysis. To read about the scary findings, click here. [READ MORE]

 

SIDE DISH

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Major pork producers claim they'll phase out confining gestation crates—but a veteran industry flack says that'll happen when pigs fly. [READ MORE]

 

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