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Re: Bee Deaths Due to Bayer?
Posted by Deborah on 9/16/08
I am outdoors a great deal, save when there are severe storms,
excessive heat, and mosquito explosions. This year, I have
seen only three bees. The last one literally flew on to my
hand while in a heavy urban setting a few days after the
storm.
On 9/16/08, Sharon wrote:
> Deborah,
>
> Great article.
>
> "The beginning of the marketing of Imidacloprid and
> Clothianidin coincided with the occurrence of large scale
bee
> deaths in many European and American countries. Up to 70 per
> cent of all hives have been affected. In France alone
> approximately 90 billion bees died within ten years,
reducing
> honey production by up to 60&37;.
>
> Harro Schultze, attorney of the Coalition against Bayer
> Dangers said: 'The Public Prosecutor needs to clarify which
> efforts BAYER undertook to prevent a ban of Imidacloprid and
> Clothianidin after sales of both substances were stopped in
> France. We´re suspecting that Bayer submitted flawed studies
> to play down the risks of pesticide residues in treated
> plants"
>
> So is this what they think may be responsible for all the
> dead bees here in the US? If the honey bees go, it is bad
> news for all of us. No bees, no pollenating.
>
> EPA sued for bee death data; 50-year pesticide cover-up; PAN
> vs. toxic trade pact; Prince Charles on food crisis; more
> in PANUPS
> August 21, 2008
>
> http://www.panna.org/resources/panups/panup_20080821
>
>
> On 9/16/08, Deborah wrote:
>> Bayer Pesticides Cause Mass Death of Bees
>> Coalition against BAYER Dangers (Germany), August 25, 2008
>> Straight to the Source
>>
>>
>> Pesticides cause mass death of bees
>> Germany: Charge against Bayer´s Board of Management
>>
>> The German Coalition against Bayer Dangers today brought a
>> charge against Werner Wenning, chairman of the Bayer Board
>> of Management, with the Public Prosecutor in Freiburg
>> (south-western Germany). The group accuses Bayer of
>> marketing dangerous pesticides and thereby accepting the
>> mass death of bees all over the world. The Coalition
>> introduced the charge in cooperation with German
>> beekeepers who lost thousands of hives after poisoning by
>> the pesticide clothianidin in May this year.
>>
>> Rest here,
>> http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14369.cfm
>>
>> And I thought imadicloprid was just re-marketed chlordane.
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