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Date: | Sat, 12 May 2012 12:37:44 -0400 |
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The question of getting bees analyzed for pesticides has been answered many
times.
In the past, when there was a federal program to pay beekeepers damages
(which was done away with bythe Carter administration, EPA had a lab that
would analyze samples for pesticides. Its unfortunate that the lab also went
away.
There are numerous private labs that can analyze for pesticides, MOST
states have labs that can and will analyze samples when a suspected poisoning
incident occurs, and the USDA ARS Gastonia lab, contact is ROGER SIMONDS, can
do a scan for 200 pesticides simultaneously. Current cost is about $230
per sample. I may be a bit off, working on memory. Used to be less than
200, but that's when the lab did a smaller number of pesticides. ANYONE can
send samples to that lab, as long as they are willing to pay for the
analysis. Its a government lab that also does analyses for the private sector.
Easy to look up on the web.
Please note, broad spectrum analyses have to make some compromises. If
you want to get the best answer for a specific pesticide, a more specific
analysis may be required. Still, Gastonia has reasonably good detection
limits, especially considering the number of chemicals resultant from a single
analysis.
Jerry
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