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Bee Health: EU-wide restrictions on Pesticide use to enter into force on 1 December
24 mei 2013A restriction on the use of three pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family was today adopted by the Commission. These…Bijen
As the debate over bee deaths and pesticides becomes more and more acrimonious, something strange is going on in the august world of scientific journal publishing
23 mei 2013As we all know, there is huge current concern about bee losses all over the world -- and increasing attention…Bijen
A study says that infants who were highly exposed to traffic pollution were likely to develop ADHD
22 mei 2013Infants who are more heavily exposed to pollution from car traffic are more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,…Mensen
UK’s wildlife organisations have joined forces to undertake a health check of nature in the UK and its Overseas Territories
22 mei 2013An unprecedented stocktake of UK wildlife has revealed that most species are struggling and that one in three have halved…Algemeen
Is Corn Planting To Blame For Unusual Bee Losses?
21 mei 2013In this special series called “The Neonicotinoid View”, host, June Stoyer and special guest co-host, Tom Theobald talk to commercial…Bijen
Complete UK extinction of the turtle dove as a breeding species is on the cards
20 mei 2013Turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) were once widespread across much of England and Wales, but the most recent figures show that…Akkervogels
The marbled murrelet is losing the battle against extinction
20 mei 2013The death knell is ringing for Oregon's marbled murrelet. The seabird, which nests in old growth coastal forests and hunts…Bosvogels
The US State Department has been essentially acting as a de facto global-marketing arm of the ag-biotech industry
20 mei 2013The US State Department has been essentially acting as a de facto global-marketing arm of the ag-biotech industry, complete with…Planten
Until we have a law to prosecute those who destroy the planet, corporations will never be called to account for their crimes
20 mei 2013Currently there is no law to prosecute those who are destroying the planet. Instead, climate campaigners do not have the…
Reputable academic journals appear to have been captured by commercial interests
20 mei 2013Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The…
In Maryland, close to 60 percent of the managed hives died during the 2012/2013 winter
19 mei 2013According to preliminary results of a survey by the Bee Informed Partnership, 31.1 percent of managed honey bee colonies in…Bijen
The organic food industry is gaining influence on Capitol Hill, prompted by its entry into traditional farm states and by increasing consumer demand
18 mei 2013That's not going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during…
Communities in the cotton-growing region of north western New South Wales are calling for a review of pesticides used by the industry and their potential impacts on health
18 mei 2013Locals in Boggabilla are reporting a rise in cancer-related deaths and disorders. Families like the Munro family are calling for…Mensen
At least five varieties of rare butterflies have vanished from the pine forests and seaside jungles of the Florida Keys and southern Miami-Dade County
18 mei 2013By their nature, South Florida’s tropical butterflies have always been ephemeral creatures, coming and going with the rhythms of the…Vlinders
Estimated Annual Agricultural Pesticide Use for Counties of the Conterminous United States, 1992–2009
17 mei 2013This report provides estimated annual agricultural pesticide use for counties of the conterminous United States for 459 compounds from 1992…
EPA Report on Bee Health Reveals Serious Flaws in Review of Pesticides, Yet Agency Refuses to Take Action
16 mei 2013Just over a week ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a…Bijen
In two decades the numbers of American kestrels in the Yukon have plummeted by 80 per cent
15 mei 2013Trying to research a bird that is disappearing is a nearly impossible task, if you ask Dave Mossop. The Yukon…Akkervogels
Steep decline of the chimney swift in the Maritimes
15 mei 2013A biologist with Bird Studies Canada in Sackville is warning people that the chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is disappearing in…Overige insecten
US supreme court rules for Monsanto in Indiana farmer’s GM seeds case
14 mei 2013The US supreme court came down solidly on the side of the agricultural giant Monsanto on Monday, ruling unanimously that…PlantenChuck Benbrook in the 2008 Rachel Carson Memorial Lecture: Prevention, not profit, should drive pest management
13 mei 2013Multi-nationals have driven pest management down a route of maximum corporate profit. In the 2008 Rachel Carson Memorial Lecture (attached)…Determination of imidacloprid and its metabolite 6-chloronicotinic acid in greenhouse air by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detection
13 mei 2013A method is described for analysing and sampling imidacloprid and its metabolite 6-chloronicotinic acid in greenhouse air by high-performance liquid…
Russia Warns President Obama of possible “Global War Over “Bee Apocalypse” Caused by Bayer, Syngenta & Monsanto
13 mei 2013The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting this past week with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the…Bijen
Lecture: Decline and Fall of Bees; Pollinators in Peril
12 mei 2013On April 19, 2011 from 12-1 pm Dr. James C. Nieh spoke about “The Decline and Fall of Bees: Pollinators…Bijen
Repeated low-level and short-term exposure to imidacloprid may have adverse long-term effects on a key shredder for litter decomposition
12 mei 2013Effects of two series of imidacloprid pulses on caged amphipods (Gammarus roeseli) and their shredder efficiency for litter decomposition were…Overige insecten
