Gavin Ramsay wrote:

> Earlier French research suggested that maize pollen
> may have around 1 ppb imidacloprid, if my memory
> serves me well.  Bayer claim that 185 ppb is the LD50
> level, according to the article Brian Ames posted earlier.
> Yet in California it seems to be legal to put this systemic
> and long-lasting compound into the soil in large amounts
> to treat a major bee forage, citrus in plantations ... and
> that the levels reach 4,000 ppb and may plateau around
> 500 days?!  Can you defend that in any way at all?
> How come this was permitted by the regulators?

What documented field evidence do the regulators have
of serious harm to pollinators?

On April 2, Bill Truesdell said: "there seems to be not a
single US documented kill from Imid."

To my knowledge, Bayer has not withdrawn the use
of it's neonicotinoids in citrus so common sense tells
me Bayer has reason to believe the potential problems
for pollinators are not serious and can be mitigated,
if necessary, via adjusting the formula or application
doses / techniques.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

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