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Re: Bee Deaths Due to Bayer?
Posted by Sharon on 9/16/08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPODPhqr64A&feature=related
On 9/16/08, Deborah wrote:
> 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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