Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 3/12/18

According to the European Union Food Safety Authority, most uses of neonicotinoids represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees. The report released [Feb. 28] comes out despite strong evidence that shows neonicotinoid pesticides are the least of concern when it comes to saving bees.  Researchers from the Universities of Wageningen, Ghent, and Amsterdam came to a different conclusion when they summarized 15 years of research on the hazards of neonicotinoids to bees for the first time.

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