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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:41 AM Original message |
Leaked Memo Shows EPA Doubts About Bee-Killing Pesticide |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Buzzzzzzz |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I keep honeybees |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. What Bogus NYT Article? |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Here's a link to the NYT article |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. thanks n/t |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Somewhere out there is a great book covering all the occasions the |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Rule #1 never trust a study done by the US military. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. New York Times: Wrong on Iraq; wrong on bees... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. here you go... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. I keep them too |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. What a sad photo...... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. ... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. EPA's Phone: (202) 272-0167 |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Thanks. K&R n/t |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Thanks for the number. I called. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. Good! Thanks! |
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cate94 (573 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. K & R |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. K&R |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. More info on the pesticide Clothianidin. |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. humans are so good at fouling their own nest |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. My hope is that if we cry FOUL loud enough, the EPA will |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. but of course~~~~ nt |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. I saw my first honeybee in half a decade this past fall. |
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japple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for posting this, rose. K & R |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. thanks for several bits of information - I thought I was pretty much up on things |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. EPA scientists have been gagged for over 9 years! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Wow, pesticides are now called viruses in the scientific world. |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Isn't the magic of money amazing? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Which one was responsible for approving the use of the pesticide? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. k&r |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. Think DDT |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Much like a British company dumping Corexit in our Gulf that's banned |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
52. much like soft drink makers dumping sodium benzoate preservatives in the us market .... |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Shell Chemical fought the banana farmers from bringing suit here in the U.S. in the 90s |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. So, we're killing off bees to spray pesticide on |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. and i thought all those BEES just up and killed themselves.... |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Thank you for posting this. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. MANY have realized for years this pesticide is the reason bugs in general are disappearing |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. Ridiculous. |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. If I hadn't been following this for a few years, I would agree with you |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. How do you explain the disappearance of the bees elsewhere? |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Can you be more specific or site a region where they are |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #35 |
55. And here's another link that may interest you: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. From the same EPA which permitted BP to use COREXIT ...???? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. Most obvious thing I can see is that if this pesticide is in pollen... |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. that's it... would recommend the indie movie Nicotine Bees |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. Kick! |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. UPDATE: Call the EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
45. One of the myriad of reasons we are an organic farm |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I hate Monsanto |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. You knew this was coming ...Colony collapse disorder |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. ooohhhh---the US government is too SCARED to do that & besides, EPA approved it |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. now THIS makes sense. WhyTF is EPA reviewing the chemical after approval? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R. (nt). |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
53. Sugar beets, canola, corn, soy |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Monsanto does coat some seeds with this poison... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. Kick. |
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