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- Canada moves to ban bee-killing pesticides Fri, 17 Aug 18, 7:00amEnvironmentalists scored a victory in Canada on Wednesday, securing restrictions on two pesticides that have been posing threats to bees and aquatic insects...
- How green bullying, junk science and EU lies killed off yet another successful industry Thu, 7 Nov 13, 9:02amThis is a story with everything: bees, junk science, the French behaving badly, the EU at its worst… (H/T Richard North at EUreferendum). You'll read it and go: "Yes! This is why I hate the EU. This is why it can never...
- Study Finds Honey Bee Food May Contribute to Colony Collapse Wed, 5 Jun 13, 4:00amHoneybees photo from Shutterstock Last winter, beekeepers in the United States lost an alarming one-third of their hives to colony collapse disorder. While many acknowledge that pesticides, climate change, and habitat loss...
- Coalition Sues US Government Over Pesticides Toxic to Bees Mon, 25 Mar 13, 11:16pmPhoto via Shutterstock American beekeepers, conservation groups and food campaigners have filed a lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to protect the country’s bees from...
- Coalition Sues US Government Over Bee-Toxic Pesticides Mon, 25 Mar 13, 11:16pmPhoto via Shutterstock American beekeepers, conservation groups and food campaigners have filed a law suit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to protect the country’s bees from...
- California’s GMO Food Proposition 37 Sparks Storm of Accusations over Misleading Ads Fri, 9 Nov 12, 9:16amGMO photo from Shutterstock There’s something fishy going on in the Golden State, and we aren’t talking about the GMO genes being spliced into the tomatoes...
- 16 Cities Sue Atrazine Maker for Contaminating Their Water Wed, 10 Mar 10, 3:16amAtrazine (the most common herbicide on Earth) has been clogging the news waves lately with a recent study that showed it caused male frogs to become female...
- Common Herbicide Causes a Sex Change in Frogs Thu, 4 Mar 10, 2:49amAtrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world. It is also the most commonly found water pollutant in North America. Outlawed in Europe in 2003 for after some disturbing links to prostate and breast cancer,...