Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2012. A Purdue University study shows that honey bees’ exposure to the highly toxic neonicotinoid pesticide clothianidinis greater than previously thought. Beyond Pesticides, as a part of a coalition of beekeeping and environmental groups, challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a December 2010 letter for allowing the continued use of this bee-killing pesticide after EPA admitted in a leaked memo that its field study on bees is inadequate. The study,…
