There is new research showing that neurotoxic pesticides are not just responsible for the catastrophic decline in the world’s bee collapse but are also devastating the world’s population of butterflies, worms, fish and birds. The four-year assessment was carried out by The Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, which advises the International Union for Conservation of Nature has found that neonics are “imperilling the pollinators, habitat engineers and natural pest controllers at the heart of a functioning ecosystem.” It is simply beyond belief that these pesticides have caused such worldwide damage but, due to the powerful pesticide and agribusiness lobby, there has been no serious regulation to curtail the use of these products.
As we have previously discussed, the loss of the honey bees has been not just devastating for the ecosystem but also many businesses that use honey as a sweetener. Yet, many large agribusiness operations love the neonics which are very effective against pest and increases crop yield but they also impair smell and memory in some species, curb procreation, reduce foraging, cause flight difficulties and increase disease susceptibility in other species. They then leach into the soil and have entered our water system.
Like climate change, politicians have continued to question the science and delay any action at the behest of this powerful business interests. The result is a building disaster. Clearly there was a long debate over the cause for the bee die-off but that question appears to have been answered conclusively. The question is whether this and other studies will trigger action before further damage is done to our environment. The only hope is that there are actually businesses who are losing money on the loss of honey bees — a rather sad statement about our commitment to the environment.
Source: Phys.Org
I found a solution for the Stink Bug. Simple and fast. No pesticides needed!
Here in the midwest there were no pollinators this year when my apple trees bloomed. There are not many birds anymore either. As the summer goes on there are fewer each day. The bird decline has been noticeable for at least the last 5 years. It actually becomes almost silent by the fall. Not many butterflies to be seen, saw no Monarchs last year at all. Airplanes spraying or spreading whatever killer again last week.
Heavy rains cause massive erosion on the ethanol farms again. Chinese firms investing big in agriculture here and a lot of the nitrogen fertilizer to grow our “clean” ethanol corn is made from coal in China. Someone is probably building some plants to turn tar sand petcoke into fertilizer to grow ethanol.
Annie,
Yes, I think it could be. There is so much “chemistry” floating around I don’t see how they can figure anything out.
http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/sites/default/files/file/geo_scheme_16/MAN_MADE_CLIMATE_CHANGE_IN_THE_SKIES_2011_1.pdf
I know a PhD Meteorologist at Oak Ridge National Labs that presents on climate change and says that tree ring, ice column, and soil column data have indicated climate variability has always been present in a sine wave pattern within the normal distribution range. We are now just going through the uptick. I haven’t asked him about chemtrails but if they are feeding global warming inadvertently or deliberately, it should probably be an issue or element in the conversation.
Nick, I found it. I copied something *Paul* said here (it’s the third comment above). I knew I didn’t copy anything from another thread. That was careless of me and most unintentional. Sorry for any slight.
Less bickering please! If you attack Spinelli when he’s being reasonable, no-one will believe you when he’s being a dummy. Whatever happens on this issue, it probably won’t be the US saving the day, but its clearly a major issue comparable to past DDT use.
Nick, I never play games. Never. I can be sarcastic as heck and am often tempted to include a list of links to prove a point, but I never take things out of context. I copied that from somewhere. I just looked through your comments on the SCOTUS-EPA article, but that sentence was nowhere to be found.
Saucy, If you want to see a dishonorable misuse and blatant lie about something I didn’t say, go over to the Presbyterian thread from yesterday. Not an ounce of honor on that one!! Night and day, my friend.
Saucy, I did not say that here. it looks like something I could have said elsewhere. In your short time here I find you to be honorable man. So, it’s just a honorable misunderstanding. No sweat.
Here’s a non sexy environmental issue that I contribute money to and even did some physical labor in my town to support it. That issue id protecting and restoring wetlands, destroyed by reckless development. Wetlands are natures sponges. They absorb excess rainfall when flooding occurs, and they slowly dispense water during droughts. This doesn’t matter to the Shiite Environmentalists, I got to accept the jumbo package, even if it’s bad science.
Nick wrote “Taking my comment on another topic, on another thread, and putting it here is not intellectually honest”
WTF? Did your post disappear? I just looked through the list of comments, and, as you said, the text I quoted was not to be found in this thread. I would have sworn that I copied it from here because that’s what I always do.
Samantha, Did you read what I said? I AM NOT DUBIOUS ON THIS. But, w/ folks like you I’m expected to buy the entire package. That’s what is wrong w/ your movement. I will take it issue by issue, thank you. I am not a cultist on the environment like yourself. I am a critical thinker.
Bees harvest pollen only from plants within a few miles of their hives. If the honey that you buy is not from hives that are not at least 5 miles from any agricultural area, you’re ingesting huge amounts of glyphosate and toxins. The only safe honey today is wild honey, where hives are placed in desert and wilderness area, the farther removed from agriculture, the better. Of course, this makes pretty much all of the midwest off limits for buying honey. A lot of commercial honey today is from china, not just contaminated with roundup and toxins but diluted with table sugar, duping consumers into paying honey prices for sugar prices.
Nick will remain dubious right up until the time that he needs a kidney transplant.
Some of the damage to the environment we see around us now, was put into the environment ~40 years ago.
The next ~40 years, therefore, is already set no matter what we do.
Thanks Mike!
Mike A – Thanks for going fishing in the Vortex of Doom!
Why is it so difficult for us to accept the notion that stuff developed to kill living creatures is likely to be unsafe for human consumption?
MikeA w/ a great save. We need a goalie like you on Thursday against the machine like Germans!
Jill:
Your post as well.
Saucy, Taking my comment on another topic, on another thread, and putting it here is not intellectually honest. I believe my comment @ 1:09p shows why. Silly me, I evaluate issues on a case by case business. I don’t ignore other cases, but each stands or falls on its own. That’s what I did for a living, my friend.