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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] WikiLeaks Uncovers Government Bee Killing Conspiracy
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:13:17 -0700



WikiLeaks Uncovers Government Bee Killing Conspiracy
by Stephanie Feldstein December 16, 2010
http://animals.change.org/blog/view/wikileaks_uncovers_government_bee_killing_conspiracy

While the WikiLeaks media frenzy may have been focused on the release of tens
of thousands of classified military and U.S. State Department documents, it's
a leaked Environmental Protection Agency document that has conservationists,
environmentalists and beekeepers abuzz.

The November 2nd memo, leaked to a Colorado beekeeper, indicates that the EPA
was well-aware that the pesticide Clothianidin posed some serious risks to
honey bees. There have been concerns about this chemical from as far back as
2003, and it's already been banned in Germany, France, Italy and Slovenia
because of its toxicity. But the EPA chose to sweep all that under the rug to
keep the pesticide on the market.

Clothianidin, marketed as "Poncho" by Bayer, is widely used on corn, as well
as canola, soy, sugar beets, sunflowers and wheat. As if the $262 million
cash crop from last year wasn't enough, Bayer wants to keep expanding the
pesticide's use. And the company's original registration was based on some
seriously flawed science: they evaluated the wrong crop, with the wrong
controls to assess the impact on bees.

This all adds up to some serious questions about the government contributing
to Colony Collapse Disorder as they knowingly allowed Bayer to poison bees.
And this is about a lot more than honey production ... native habitats, and
as much as one-third of America's food supply, rely on the pollination
provided by bees.

In light of the leaked memo, the National Honey Bee Advisory Board, American
Beekeeping Federation, American Honey Producers Association, Beyond
Pesticides, Pesticide Action Network North America, and Center for Biological
Diversity sent a letter to the EPA requesting that the agency "take urgent
action to stop the use of this toxic chemical."





  • [Livingontheland] WikiLeaks Uncovers Government Bee Killing Conspiracy, Tradingpost, 01/06/2011

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