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  • From: Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland <rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm>
  • To: Market Farming Community Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Fwd: Beekeepers call for immediate ban on CCD-linked pesticide, says Pesticides watchdog
  • Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:25:18 -0400

Sorry to hear of weather problems so many of you've been suffering.  We weathered hurricane Tomas late Nov. with severe damage (although not as bad as St. Lucia and St Vincent).  Still rebuilding, replanting and weeding, weeding, weeding.

Thought following would be of interest.

Best wishes to all,

Karen

Roots Farm
Organic Produce
Fruits, Roots, Vegetables & Herbs
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767-449-3038


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From: FAO-Carib-Agri <FAO-Carib-Agri AT fao.org>
Date: December 13, 2010 9:05:16 AM AST
Subject: FW: Beekeepers call for immediate ban on CCD-linked pesticide, says Pesticides watchdog

FAO Carib-Agri is a service provided by the FAO Sub-Regional Office, Barbados
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Beekeepers call for immediate ban on CCD-linked pesticide
Beekeeper on ladderOn December 8, Pesticide Action Network and Beyond Pesticides joined beekeepers from around the country in calling on EPA to pull a neonicotinoid pesticide linked with Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) off the market immediately. Our call is based on a leaked EPA memo (PDF) that discloses a critically flawed scientific study, thus suggesting there may be imminent hazards to honeybees posed by continued use of clothianidin, the pesticide in question. CCD is the name given to the mysterious decline of honeybee populations across the world beginning around 2006. Each winter since, one-third of the U.S. honeybee population has died off or disappeared. CCD is likely caused by a combination of pathogens, the stresses of industrial beekeeping, loss of habitat and more. But many scientists believe that sublethal pesticide exposures are a critical co-factor potentiating this mix. In the U.S., agencies are focused on research, trying to quantify these risks. In Germany, Italy and France, they decided they knew enough to take action years ago, banning suspect neonicotinoid pesticides. Bee colonies there are recovering and beekeepers here are outraged


 

 
 




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