Environmental

Scientists Release Landmark ‘Worldwide Assessment’ of Bee-Harming Pesticides, Call for Global Action

29 scientists review over 800 peer-reviewed publications and urge more restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014.  Following last week’s celebration of “National Pollinator Week” and a Presidential Memorandum to kick-start federal action on bees, the first wide-scale analysis of two classes of pesticides linked to declining bee populations was released early today.

The “Worldwide Integrated Assessment (WIA)” — undertaken by the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides — documents significant harms to…

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