> >do you find specific fault with the methodology of the study or the data
> analysis,
> or specific conclusions that the author drew from the findings?


Not me.  The study appears to be well performed and the conclusions
appropriate.

Many herbivorous insects in the Corn Belt are being forced to feed on the
few "weeds" along the margins of fields, and thus exposed to ag
pesticides.  The profound elimination of milkweed from unexposed areas
indicates that these results are of concern.

My question is whether the clothianidin in the milkweed comes mainly from
planting dust (which has the potential of being mitigated by improved
methods), or from the soil (which would be a damning problem).


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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