Peter Edwards wrote:

>  Classic example of weasel words: "reducing impacts on beneficial insects"
>  Not "no impact" - just "reducing impact" by an unspecified amount!
> 1%?  2%?  
 
The door swings open both ways...pollinator advocates also commonly
fail to specify amounts in numerical terms when describing the impacts
of neonics on bee health.

Example:  On page 30 of it's current issue of WINGS 
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/Wings_sp2013-Xerces.pdf
the Xerces Society writes:

"As part of the effort to educate law-makers and regulators at the EPA 
about the severe impacts of these chemicals, the Xerces Society 
partnered with the American Bird Conservancy..."

"severe impacts" means what?

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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