"Pesticides Again Tied To Parkinson's Disease"
"Exposure to pesticides and other chemicals is linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a fresh look at some past research."
Source: Reuters, 05/29/2013
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"How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution"
"In the 1980s, manufactures began making cockroach baits that combined sweet glucose with deadly insecticides. By 1993, many cockroach populations somehow developed an aversion to the bait. Now, 20 years later, scientists finally understand how the roaches beat these traps."
Source: io9, 05/24/2013
"20 Years After Fatal Outbreak, Milwaukee Leads on Water Testing"
"For the public officials who safeguard Milwaukee's water, Cryptosporidium changed everything."
Source: Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Reporting, 05/22/2013
"US Approves New Pesticides Linked To Mass Bee Deaths As EU Enacts Ban"
"In the wake of a massive US Department of Agriculture report highlighting the continuing large-scale death of honeybees, environmental groups are left wondering why the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to approve a 'highly toxic' new pesticide."
Source: RT, 05/13/2013
"California Wildfires Fanned By Unusually Harsh Conditions"
"Winds that weather experts said normally arrive in force in the late fall fueled flames in the Springs fire that quickly chewed through 6,500 of acres of dry brush."
Source: LA Times, 05/03/2013
"Declining Bee Populations Pose A Threat to Global Agriculture"
"The danger that the decline of bees and other pollinators represents to the world’s food supply was highlighted this week when the European Commission decided to ban a class of pesticides suspected of playing a role in so-called 'colony collapse disorder.'"
Source: YaleE360, 05/01/2013
"Bee-Harming Pesticides Banned in Europe"
"EU member states vote in favour of continent-wide suspension of neonicotinoid pesticides."
Source: Guardian, 04/29/2013
"Beekeeping -- Rural Greece Does It Best"
Beekeepers in the remote hills of southern Greece are not seeing colony collapse disorder in their hives. The reason may be that the bees are not exposed to pesticides.
Source: AFP, 04/22/2013
"News Analysis: Think Those Chemicals Have Been Tested?"
"Many Americans assume that the chemicals in their shampoos, detergents and other consumer products have been thoroughly tested and proved to be safe. This assumption is wrong."
Source: NY Times, 04/17/2013
Feds Will Take Their Time Evaluating Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths
While honey bee die-offs often called "colony collapse disorder" have been increasing for several years, so has scientific evidence that a widely used class of pesticides called neonicotinoids could well be an important contributing cause. In 2011, EPA said it would review its approval on one such pesticide. Now it says it expects to finish in five years.
Source: Mother Jones, 04/15/2013
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