lunes, 24 de agosto de 2015

Pesticides blamed for bee declines widespread in US waterways

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Pesticides blamed for bee declines widespread in US waterways

Expert says neonicotinoids, even at EPA’s ‘safe’ levels, could devastate aquatic invertebrates: ‘The water issue is probably as important as the pollinators’ 

 

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Rivers across the country from the Pacific north-west to Georgia and Chesapeake Bay have been found to contain neonicotinoids. Photograph: Alamy