Swing & a miss on bee-harming pesticides
Once again, it looks like federal decisionmakers are sidestepping the issue of bee-harming pesticides. The Pollinator Health Task Force, launched almost a year...
15 June, 2015
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Newest news on bee-harming neonics
Guess what? Two more studies have confirmed that neonicotinoid insecticides (aka "neonics") are bad for bees. One study documented neonics' impacts on wild...
04 May, 2015
Minnesota bees poised for relief from neonics
A few months into the Minnesota legislative session, things are starting to get exciting. In the midst of the flurry of hearings, amendments...
04 May, 2015
Shaking up the White House hive
As I spoke to a packed room at the EcoFarm Conference late last month, it was clear that many of us eagerly await...
12 March, 2015
Bayer, bees & the Hall of Shame
This may be the only time you see PAN nominate a pesticide manufacturer for an award.Every year, our friends at Corporate Accountability International...
11 March, 2015
Neonics? Not much help to farmers.
Independent scientists have been saying it for a while now: neonicotinoid pesticides aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. And finally, scientists and...
09 December, 2014
Even more bee-toxic pesticides?
Pesticide corporation Syngenta is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow even more use of one of its bee-harming neonicotinoids, thiamethoxam. But...
20 October, 2014
Mexican beekeepers vs. Monsanto
Beekeepers and indigenous groups in the Mexican state of Yucatán recently won an important court decision against Monsanto. A district judge overturned Monsanto's...
16 September, 2014
Neonics in the water?!
We've known for some time that neonicotinoids — the class of systemic, bee-harming insecticides — are water soluble. They've been detected in surface...
07 August, 2014