> Actually, imidacloprid is fairly stable in plants.

I think that anyone looking at HFCS is going to see
the breakdown products, rather than the untouched
imidacloprid itself.  All those enzymes they use
to make HFCS would have an impact.

> But I don't need three bio-chemists to theorize 
> about the end products.   

I think they might help.  You are over-simplifying 
an issue that has prompted widely divergent views 
among those more qualified than us to consider 
these issues.

If you want to know the levels of "Imidacloprid"
in HFCS, first you have to know what imidacloprid
would "metabolize" down to as a result of first,
the actions of the plant, and second, as a result
of the processing of the corn into HFCS.   

That's not straightforward, and if you ask a lab
to look for untouched "Imidacloprid" in HFCS, I 
fear that you would come up empty-handed, looking 
for the wrong contaminant.

Peter says someone's looked at this, but I still
offer that there is an ongoing discussion headed
"What should we be looking for?", and it is a very
interesting discussion to anyone concerned about
bees.

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