Hallo Crowd!
Ich habe vor ein paar Monaten #Flupyradifuron benutzen müssen, um wenigstens Teile meiner Zimmer-Pflanzen retten zu können.
Ab wann ist der #Wirkstoff insoweit abgebaut, dass ein #Säugetier wie eine #Katze die behandelte #Pflanze wieder essen darf?
#Neonicotinoid #Biologie #Chemie #Pflanzenschutz #Tierschutz #Frage #Hilfe
Some good news for bees in the UK! I love it when shitty Tory policy is overturned.
#ukpol #ukpolitics #Britain #UK #bees #environment #nature #neonicotinoid #pesticide #pesticides
In good news, bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end in the UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp5p4dqj3o
#neonicotinoid
#Bayer’s #pesticides are harming #bees
The use of #neonicotinoid pesticides, like those produced by Bayer, has helped make much of America’s landscape toxic to bees.
By Steve Blackledge
December 9, 2022
"#Pollinators are struggling — in large part because pesticides have made much of their environment toxic.
"Over the past quarter century, the increased use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids, or neonics for short, has made America’s agricultural landscape roughly 48 times more toxic for bees.
Bees and other pollinators are dying from exposure to these toxic pesticides — and we need to protect them. That’s why we’re calling on one of the country’s largest pesticide manufacturers, Bayer, to do right by our bees and stop making and selling neonics."
Read more / take action:
https://environmentamerica.org/articles/bayers-pesticides-are-harming-bees/
#Bee-harming #pesticides found in majority of English waterways
by Anna Lamche, 2 Dec 2024
"Pesticides that harm bees were found in the 'majority' of English waterways tested in the last year, according to data analysis by two environmental charities.
"The Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link found neonicotinoid pesticides were present in 85% of English rivers tested by the Environment Agency between 2023 and 2024.
"The banned pesticide was signed off for emergency use by the previous government to combat a disease impacting sugar beet crops – a decision for which the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' (Defra) is now being investigated.
"On Monday, the government promised 'to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten bees and other vital pollinators.'"
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ew8dpw58qo
#Neonicotinoid #Pesticides #Pollinators #Extinction #Bayer #SaveTheBees
#BBCNews - Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ew8dpw58qo
#neonicotinoid
New research shows a widely used insecticide is common in shallow groundwater across Minnesota. #Neonicotinoid #insecticides #pollution #water #groundwater #agriculture #farming #Minnesota https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/11/23/research-finds-insecticide-common-in-shallow-ground-water-across-minnesota
New research shows a widely used insecticide is common in shallow groundwater across Minnesota. #Neonicotinoid #insecticides #pollution #water #groundwater #agriculture #farming #Minnesota https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/11/23/research-finds-insecticide-common-in-shallow-ground-water-across-minnesota
Bees can be protected from #neonicotinoid poisoning by feeding them hydrogel nanobeads, which absorb the pesticide and then pass through their guts.
This is cool, but a) it would be more sensible to stop using neonics in the for place, and b) how long till some crank starts trying to feed hydrogel to humans to reverse non-existent pesticide toxin damage.
20-JUN-2024
#Insecticides contributed to loss of #butterflies across American MidWest
The shift to #neonicotinoid-treated seeds was linked to 8 percent drop in butterfly species diversity
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1048257 #science #ecology #biodiversity #conservation
#BBCNews - #Bee-harming #neonicotinoid use "makes a mockery" of ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68471101
This isn't some theoretical danger. In fact, seed coatings represent the most common use of bee-killing #neonicotinoid pesticides in the U.S. As a result, 150 million acres -- an area nearly the size of the state of Texas -- are planted with seeds coated in bee-killing pesticides every year without #EPA oversight.
3/5
top 3 #neonicotinoid #pesticides threaten #extinction to some 1 in 10 protected species of endangered fish, crustaceans, plants, and birds across #USA according to #EPA analysis
the volume of use extends over 150 million acres of US crops every year rivaling deadly #DDT in widespread #toxicity
way to go #BigAg !
#Bee- [and #AquaticLife-]killing #pesticides banned in #EU found at #unsafe levels in #English #rivers
Government accused of ‘ignoring science’ as it considers allowing use of a #toxic #neonicotinoid
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/22/bee-killing-pesticides-unsafe-levels-english-rivers-neonicotinoids
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ProfitBeforePlanet #Farming #Environment
How #Syngenta withheld a study on #glyphosate and brain damage for more than 20 years
In 2001, a researcher at pesticide manufacturer Syngenta noticed that newborn rats moved less after their mothers were given glyphosate, which is widely used in agriculture. European authorities were not shown the study until last year.
By @stevenfrolke and @lucasbrouwers
#pesticides #neonicotinoid #braindamage #EFSA_EU #EFSA_EU
#neurotoxic #roundup #nrc
In honor of bees and other #pollinators, support Center for Food Safety TrueFood's lawsuit and demand EPA regulate deadly #pesticide coated seeds. Just one GMO corn seed coated with neonicotinoid pesticides contains enough pesticide to kill over 80,000 bees!
#bees #pollinators #pesticide #GMO #neonicotinoid #EPA #CFS #petition
“They are highly toxic to pollinators, insects, birds, aquatic organisms that build the base of our food chain,” said Amy von Saun, an attorney with the Center for Food Safety (CFS), a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. “Because the seeds represent so much #neonicotinoid use, this is where all the devastation is coming from.” #ClimateCrisis #Pesticides https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/10/epa-pesticide-toxic-seeds-lawsuit-environment-pollution
Goedzo #nederland #eu
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https://www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/pesticides/eu-sending-huge-quantities-of-banned-bee-killing-pesticides-to-poorer-countries-documents-reveal
#pesticides #neonicotinoid
(3/n)
"...the two #ForeverChemicals, #PFAS] #Bifenthrin, #Epoxiconazole, and [the for #bees highly toxic #neonicotinoid (1)] #Thiametoxam."
On a more positive note, however, there was some good news in March 2023: diamonds are forever, but the #ForeverChemicals may yet be broken up by human ingenuity:
"...University of #BritishColumbia #researchers develop #silica-based material with ability to absorb wider range of harmful #chemicals..."
The repeated lifting of a ban on extremely harmful #neonicotinoid #pesticides by the UK Government is doing untold damage to #insects in the UK. It is short-sighted and not backed by evidence. The ecological, economic, and cultural value of protecting insect population is far greater than any short-term profits from allowing these pesticides. By signing this petition, we can force a parliamentary debate on this issue and make sure they are banned again next year.
