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reusrename

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8. Bee colony collapse disorder can be caused by Monsanto corn.

Reply to pipoman (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 10:06 AM

Aug 2013

It seems the seeds are coated with a man-made fertilizer that gets airborne during planting. This stuff is crazy toxic to bees.

As far as the science behind this claim goes, it's exactly like trying to link tobacco to lung cancer, with exactly the same push-back from Monsanto.

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