I'm doing a quick hit and run diary with a link to this story since I did a search for a diary on it and didn't find anything. If there is a more substantial diary on this issue please let me know and I'll remove this one...
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I found especially interesting the comment at the bottom of the article referring to how this pesticide has been linked to the death of bees.
There is no question that carbofuran exacts a toll on wildlife: A 2006 EPA document examining the pesticide's environmental effects found that if a flock of mallard ducks wandered into an alfalfa field within a week after the chemical was applied, 84 percent of the birds would die. The pesticide also kills bees, which have experienced an unexplained massive population collapse in recent years.
I'm not an expert in either pesticides or the bee collapse disorder but hopefully others that are more educated can contribute some comments...
Here's the link once again...
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