tinydancer
Diamond Member
On this one Steph I have to agree that this is an urgent situation that should have been dealt with years ago.
You lose your pollinators you lose your food. No guff. It's a big deal.
Even the EU has been late to the party but they've finally moved on it. Check it out:
The dangerous chemical Bayer makes is a neonicotinoid, or neonic. Neonics are soaked into seeds, spreading through the plant and killing insects stopping by for a snack. These pesticides can easily be replaced by other chemicals which dont have such a devastating effect on the food chain. But companies like Bayer and Syngenta make a fortune from selling neonics -- so theyll do everything they can to protect their profits.
The EU banned these bee-killers this past May, after a massive public campaign and a clear scientific finding from the European Food Safety Authority that neonics pose huge risks to bee populations. Bayer fought against the ban every step of the way, using tactics taken from Big Tobacco -- pouring millions into lobbying and fake science to stop decision-makers from taking action.
I'm not saying I disagreed with the bee thing
It's the new government task force and the millions of dollars. while I think it can be dealt with another way in the private sector..plus it won't help us when all these other country are still sending their pollution on us
I'm with you on the quizzillions of dollars being spent to "find a made in America solution" when we know that neonics are the obvious man made problem. Up here they always do the dog and pony show too to find the "made in Canada" solution instead of just cutting to the chase and dealing with the problem.
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