Entire food chain found contaminated, from soil to pollen to dead #bees #Bayer #corn #seeds

Press Release 1-10-12 - Sierra Club

sierraclub.org 11 Jan '12, 6pm

Entire food chain found contaminated, from soil to pollen to dead #bees #Bayer #corn #seeds

Press Release – January 10, 2012 New research should nail the coffin lid shut on a toxic bee-killing pesticide Entire food chain found to be contaminated, from soil to pollen to dead bees Contact Laurel Hopwood, 216-371-9779 (EST)Tom Theobald 303-652-2266 (MST) Neil Carman, PhD. 512-288-5772 / cell 512-663-9594 (CST) The Sierra Club, with over 1.3 million members and supporters, calls on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to immediately suspend the registration of the insecticide clothianidin, based on new scientific evidence of extensive contamination in bees and soil. Last week (January 3, 2012) scientists at Purdue University documented major adverse impacts from clothianidin, used as a seed treatment in corn, on honey bee health. The results showed clothianidin present in foraging areas long after treated seed has been planted. The study raises questions ab...

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