BAYER reponsible for Pesticide as Cause of Massive Bee Deaths

[bigrebnc1775]

I am truly terrified that they are attempting to sterilize mosquoitoes in the name of dengue fever.

This is wrong. This is very very wrong.

I think it was Monsanto not mosquitoes

 

[merrill]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that beekeepers started to notice a problem with bee populations in 2006. Since then, over 3 million colonies in the U.S. alone have collapsed. Scientists world-wide are investigating the effects of pesticides, stress, nutrition, diseases, habitat changes, pests and radiation on bees. Our lives are intricately connected to that of bees, so the implications of this crisis are immense.

Changes in Our Food Supply

Bees pollinate flowers with remarkable efficiency. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images

Bees make about 60,000 flights to collect enough nectar for 1 tsp. of honey. As bees die, there is a decrease in the supply of honey, and a correlated increase in honey prices. While seeking nectar, bees pollinate many plants, thereby contributing to plants' fertilization, seed production and plant survival to the next generation.

Many of the fruits and vegetables we eat rely on such pollination. Watermelon, lemon, soybean, tomato, cranberry and vanilla are among the items in the long list of foods that will not be available to us without pollinator bees.

Changes in Animals' Food Supply
Bees are such crucial players in the food chain that many animals will suffer by bee deaths. Lizards, spiders, birds and some insects eat bees. Bees pollinate plants that other animals eat.

Berries, seeds and fruits are essential for birds, and therefore are also essential for the animals who eat birds.

Bees pollinate clover and alfalfa, which supply protein to cows' diets. If cows lose this food supply, people will not have cheese, milk and beef.

In fact, some scientist estimate that after removing foods that bees directly or indirectly effect, our food supply will consist of only breads and oats.

Consequences of Honey Bee Deaths | eHow.com

Bayer and de-regulation should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!

 

[waltky]

Whenever any dem lib'rals come `round, Granny chases `em off with a good dose o' bug spray...

Pesticide exposure linked to brain changes: study
30 Apr.`12 - When pregnant women are exposed to moderate levels of a common pesticide, their children may experience lasting changes in brain structure linked to lower intelligence, a US study said Monday.

The study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined New York City pregnant mothers who were tested for exposure to chlorpyrifos, or CPF, which is widely used for pest control in farms and public spaces. The women in the study, which included 369 subjects total, took part prior to 2001 when CPF was banned from household use in the United States, though the chemical continues to be used worldwide in agriculture. Researchers compared 20 children -- age five to 11 -- whose mothers tested highest for levels of CPF and found "significant abnormalities" in brain structure compared to 20 children whose mothers showed lower exposures.

However, all the women in the study were exposed at routine levels below the US established thresholds for acute exposure, indicating that even low to moderate exposure could pose hefty risks to a child's brain development. "The present study provides evidence that the prenatal period is a vulnerable time for the developing child," said lead author, Virginia Rauh, professor at the Mailman School of Public Health and Deputy Director of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health. "Toxic exposure during this critical period can have far-reaching effects on brain development and behavioral functioning."

Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the children's brains, which showed structural changes -- some areas abnormally larger than usual, and some typical male-female differences in brain structure that were eliminated or reversed in the high pesticide group. More study is needed to determine the long-term effects of the changes, which are "consistent with the IQ deficits previously reported in the children with high exposure levels of chlorpyrifos," according to the research.

The study was the first to use MRI scans to confirm previous findings of brain structure changes in animals exposed to pesticide, the authors said. "By combining brain imaging and community-based research, we now have much stronger evidence linking exposure to chlorpyrifos with neurodevelopmental problems," said senior author Bradley Peterson, chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute. Researchers said previous studies have shown that urban levels of the chemical have dropped since the 2001 US restrictions were added, but that risks remain because it continues to be used in food and feed crops, wood treatments, and public spaces such as golf courses, parks and highway medians.

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[initforme]

Gotta love all those chemicals. They surely do wonders for us. I dont know if this is the cause of the collapse or not, I really dont. But I do fear that my kids are exposed to too many chemicals that I know have never been tested yet have been given the OK to human exposure. Its no wonder why cancer is rampant. Great to live here isnt it?

 

[dilloduck]

Gotta love all those chemicals. They surely do wonders for us. I dont know if this is the cause of the collapse or not, I really dont. But I do fear that my kids are exposed to too many chemicals that I know have never been tested yet have been given the OK to human exposure. Its no wonder why cancer is rampant. Great to live here isnt it?

Thank a scientist today. (Did you know that only 6% of them are republicans?)