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> I should note, very few of the 400 chemicals were pesticides - they
> include everything from natural hive products to industrial pollutants.
> Please understand, in areas such as urban regions of the east coast, we
> found levels of chemicals like benzene (a common solvent and a breakdown
> product from fuel) in beehives to EXCEED OSHA permissible levels for
> indoor air quality in laboratories.
I recall writing maybe a decade ago when beekeepers were trying to figure
the cause of the last great die-off which was happening at that time that
something like a change in the formulation of gasoline could have subtle,
continent-wide effects that would be almost impossible to figure out.
That die-off is now almost completely forgotten, it seems, but it was not
unlike CCD in its ubiquity and mysteriousness.
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