USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the USDA Inspector General and the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on Pollinator Health today, urging an investigation into recent reportsthat USDA scientists are being harassed and their research is being censored or suppressed, especially research related to neonicotinoid insecticides — a leading driver of bee declines…
