> Killing Bees: Are Industry and Government Responsible? will be broadcast
> nationally in
>
> It is also available for streaming at www.linktv.org/killingbees.
>

the blurb-

> Killing Bees: Are Government and Industry Responsible?
>
> (Earth Focus: Episode 44) Honey bees, the essential pollinators of many
> major US crops, have been dying off in massive numbers since 2006. This
> threatens the American agricultural system and the one in twelve American
> jobs that depends on it. There is growing evidence that a new class of
> pesticides -- nerve toxins called neonicotinoids, which are used on most US
> crops including almost all corn -- may be toxic to bees. The Environmental
> Protection Agency allowed neonicotinoids on the market without adequate
> tests to determine their toxicity to bees. Environmentalists want
> neonicotinoids banned until needed safety tests are done. While the US
> government is slow to act and neonicotinoid sales reap billions for the
> chemical industry, bees continue to die. Earth Focus reports.
>


Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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