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Default Food Safety and he attempts to kill the regulations....

In article >, says...
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> "Jerry Avins" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> On Jun 25, 5:41 pm, sf > wrote:
> > > We now know with reasonable certainty which insecticides are killing
> > > off the bees we depend on for pollination. (They are nicotine
> > > derivatives.) They have been banned in several European countries, but
> > > not here. Our regulators say that the evidence in not "conclusive". Is
> > > this a case of the chemical lobby vs. the farm lobby?

> >
> > Really? From what I've read, science thinks it's a combination of a
> > fungus and a virus.

>
> The poison seems to lower the bees' resistance.
>
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> http://tinyurl.com/3l6opku
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> Who will they sell to when the farms are all ailed? What will they feed
> their grandchildren when they cry?


Are the bees making a comeback where the stuff has been banned?