http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theorganicview/2011/02/07/tom-theobald-the-fatal-sting-of-clothianidin-on-honeybees
<http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theorganicview/2011/02/07/tom-theobald-the-fatal-sting-of-clothianidin-on-honeybees>Honeybees
pollinate ¾ of all of our agricultural food as well as other important crops
such as cotton that are used for textiles. Without them, life as we know it
would cease to exist. Any fatal impact on the honeybee would create a
monumental disaster. Clothianidin has been widely used as a seed treatment
on many of the USA’s key crops (which include canola, soy, sunflowers, wheat
and sugar beet crops) for eight growing seasons under a conditional
registration granted while EPA waited for Bayer Crop Science, the
pesticide’s maker, to conduct a field study assessing the insecticide’s
threat to bee colony health. The EPA has moved from granting a conditional
registration to full registration of this chemical just in time for the
spring planting. Clothianidin is of the neonicotinoid family of systemic
pesticides, which are taken up by a plant’s vascular system and expressed
through pollen, nectar and gutation droplets from which bees then forage and
drink. Scientists are concerned about the mix and cumulative effects of the
multiple pesticides bees are exposed to in these ways. Neonicotinoids are of
particular concern because they have cumulative, sublethal effects on insect
pollinators that correspond to CCD symptoms – namely, neurobehavioral and
immune system disruptions. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show,
host, June Stoyer will speak to Tom Theobald, Master Beekeeper, President
and founding board member of the Boulder County Beekeepers' Association
about the impact of this devastation chemical. Stay tuned!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theorganicview/2011/02/08/dr-henk-a-tennekes-the-catastrophic-effects-of-neonicotinoids-on-insects-and-birds
<http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theorganicview/2011/02/08/dr-henk-a-tennekes-the-catastrophic-effects-of-neonicotinoids-on-insects-and-birds>Dr.
Henk Tennekes has been involved with cancer research for most of his career.
His work regarding bees began after reading an official report to the Dutch
Minister of Agriculture on the decline of bees. He was amazed at the lack of
information on insecticides as a possible factor in the bee decline. Dr.
Tennekes then began to research the impact of neonicotinoid insecticides
such as imidacloprid and clothianidin. He discovered that they were
identical to those of genotoxic carcinogens. These chemicals are not only
affecting the honeybees but other species that are not closely monitored
such as butterflies and other insects. He began to study the food habits of
declining bird species and discovered that they depended on invertebrates.
Dr. Tennekes is convinced that there is a link between the use of neonics
and the decline of insects and birds. Some countries such as Germany have
already banned the use of these chemicals. However, if these applications
are not banned, there will be an impending environmental catastrophe that is
irreversible. In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, host, June
Stoyer will speak to esteemed Toxicologist and author, Dr. Henk Tennekes,
about his research and discuss this monumental devastation that will affect
us on a global scale. Stay tuned!

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