I'm not an environmental whack-o, so when someone suggests that if we (humans) don't stop doing something, then the earth and humans will perish, I just kind of roll my eyes. But this research about pesticides in the environment is interesting, especially in relation to honey bees and colony collapse disorder. Likewise, when I consider the prevalence of cancer in our society, it seems like everyone gets it at some point, I wonder if that's the way it's always been. Or, are we humans now chronically consuming so many toxic chemicals in our food and water that some form of cancer is the inevitable outcome?
Just some non-toxic food for thought.
"For the final proof, you have to look no further than the original US EPA document for clothianidin. On May 30, 2003, Daniel C Kenny of the US EPA Registration Division granted conditional registration for clothianidin to be used for seed treatment use on corn and canola (oil seed rape). The EPA scientists had assessed the risks as: Clothianidin is highly toxic to honey bees on an acute contact basis. It has the potential for toxic chronic exposure to honey bees, as well as other non-target pollinators, through the translocation of clothianidin residues in nectar and pollen. In honey bees, the effects of this toxic chronic exposure may include lethal and/or sub-lethal effects in the larvae and reproductive effects in the queen. The fate and disposition of clothianidin in the environment suggest a compound that is a systemic insecticide that is persistent and mobile, stable to hydrolysis, and has potential to leach into ground water, as well as run-off to surface waters. There is evidence of effects on the rat immune system and juvenile rats appear to be more susceptible to these effects."
Global Wildlife AIDS associated with Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Dr Rosemary Mason ChB (Hons), D.Obst. RCOG, FRCA
Palle Uhd Jepsen
Just some non-toxic food for thought.
"For the final proof, you have to look no further than the original US EPA document for clothianidin. On May 30, 2003, Daniel C Kenny of the US EPA Registration Division granted conditional registration for clothianidin to be used for seed treatment use on corn and canola (oil seed rape). The EPA scientists had assessed the risks as: Clothianidin is highly toxic to honey bees on an acute contact basis. It has the potential for toxic chronic exposure to honey bees, as well as other non-target pollinators, through the translocation of clothianidin residues in nectar and pollen. In honey bees, the effects of this toxic chronic exposure may include lethal and/or sub-lethal effects in the larvae and reproductive effects in the queen. The fate and disposition of clothianidin in the environment suggest a compound that is a systemic insecticide that is persistent and mobile, stable to hydrolysis, and has potential to leach into ground water, as well as run-off to surface waters. There is evidence of effects on the rat immune system and juvenile rats appear to be more susceptible to these effects."
Global Wildlife AIDS associated with Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Dr Rosemary Mason ChB (Hons), D.Obst. RCOG, FRCA
Palle Uhd Jepsen
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