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Under Pressure, Monsanto withdraws GM Corn (Maize) from France

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on January 24, 2012 - 16:58

Monsanto says won't sell GMO maize in France in 2012

Under pressure, Monsanto has withdrawn its GMO corn MON810 from France, as beekeepers, activists and farmers protested and repeatedly sued - and won - in court.

This comes on the heels of Bayer, Syngenta and other manufacturers of neonicotinoid pesticides withdrawing their products for use on almonds in California. Although at first GMO and pesticides seem different, they are in fact tightly corrrelated: seeds now routinely are GMO, and are simultaneously treated with nicotine-based pesticides and fungicides. The full article is here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/24/us-gmo-france-monsanto-idUSTRE...

Major Study: Multiple Routes of Pesticide Exposure for Honeybees Living Near Agricultural Fields

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on January 14, 2012 - 13:13

A major new study from Purdue University researchers highlights that honeybees face a long list of pesticide dangers near agriculture. Multiple toxic agents combined, via several simultaneous routes of exposure mean bees are in peril from many sources.

The complete article is open-access from PLos ONE, attached above (thanks PLos ONE and the authors for making this important article OPEN ACCESS!!!).

Toxic food.

I'm concerned that our food would be toxic in multiple ways simultaneously.

New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on August 26, 2011 - 17:48

Although I am not really surprised, the scope of official US government effort to promote Monsanto's products is really astounding. 

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New WikiLeaks Cables Show US Diplomats Promote Genetically Engineered Crops Worldwide

Original Link: http://www.truth-out.org/new-wikileaks-cables-show-us-diplomats-promote-genetically-engineered-crops-worldwide/1314303978

Thursday 25 August 2011 by: Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report

Dozens of United States diplomatic cables released in the latest WikiLeaks dump on Wednesday reveal new details of the US effort to push foreign governments to approve genetically engineered (GE) crops and promote the worldwide interests of agribusiness giants like Monsanto and DuPont.

"Nicotine Bees" showing at South Coastal Library, Delaware, USA

Submitted by Kevin Hansen on June 30, 2010 - 09:29

Neonicotinoid Insecticides Linked to Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder

June 27, 2010

Reported by: Steve Callanen - Chair, Sierra Club Southern Delaware Chapter

Location

Bethany Beach, DE
United States
38° 32' 22.4016" N, 75° 3' 18.6516" W
See map: Google Maps

Imidacloprid contaminates the pollen of seed-coated crops : A high risk for bees

Submitted by Pierre Terre on May 20, 2010 - 23:17

Conclusions for Imidacloprid (Gaucho) :

  • A long persistence / soils (t1⁄2 = 9 months)
  • An uptake in flowers (mean level at 7 ng/g)
  • Mean level at 2-3 ng/g in pollen
  • Subletal effects at 2-4 ng/g (4 days)
  • Chronic mortality from 0.1 ng/g (10 days)
  • Main metabolites as much toxic as imidacloprid for bees
  • High risk for the beehives (PEC/PNEC >> 1)
  • Synergies with other pesticides, pathogens and parasites
  • Generalization of these results to nicotinoids and pyrazoles (clothianidin, thiamethoxam, fipronil...)
Location: 
Montpelier
France
44° 15' 36.2124" N, 72° 34' 31.3932" W

Location

Montpelier
France
44° 15' 36.2124" N, 72° 34' 31.3932" W

Canadian Government Study finds Risks to Honeybees from Biggest Nicotine Pesticide

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 31, 2010 - 14:37

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Le Conseil canadian des ministres de l'environnement

CANADIAN WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES: IMIDACLOPRID
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

Location: 
Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 25' 24.5784" N, 75° 41' 52.5588" W
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Location

Ottawa, ON
Canada
45° 25' 24.5784" N, 75° 41' 52.5588" W
See map: Google Maps

Germany Suspends Nicotine-based Pesticide Products

Submitted by Pierre Terre on March 3, 2010 - 13:54

Translated from the German, this document provides the reasoning behind the 2008 suspension of nicotine-based insecticides/pesticides in Germany, based on the severe honey bee losses in southwest Germany that year. Seed treatments were blamed for thoses incidents, including the losses reported in the film Nicotine Bees by German beekeepers Walter Haefeker and Karl-Rainer Koch.

Locations

Germany
48° 8' 23.3592" N, 11° 34' 46.524" E
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Germany
48° 8' 29.9544" N, 11° 33' 27.4212" E
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Germany
52° 31' 18.4512" N, 13° 24' 11.952" E
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