(Natural News) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a legal petition by the Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network of North America and other groups that demanded the agency to monitor and regulate pesticide-coated seeds, which were widely harming bees, beneficial insects and other pollinators. These crop seeds are coated with systemic […]

(Natural News) A video camera-controlling robot was used to record the negative effects of neonicotinoids on bumblebees. The Harvard-designed machine was able to record and show the disruptive effects of the pesticides on the way the bees behaved, interacted with other members of their nest, and regulated their body temperature. Bees are in serious danger from widely used […]

(Natural News) Neonicotinoid pesticides are harming more than just honeybees. Research findings have revealed that wild turkeys are inadvertently consuming seeds coated with the pesticides. Wild turkeys have levels of neonicotinoids in their livers The study, which involved researchers from the University of Guelph in Guelph, Canada, showed that aside from non-pest creatures like honeybees, other animals are coming […]

(Natural News) Anyone living near the Iowa River should be wary of their supposedly “safe” tap water. A study released by local researchers warned that some sources of treated water in the area have been contaminated with dangerous insecticides, an article in Natural Health 365 stated. The pesticides in question are three types of neonicotinoids, […]

(Natural News) Despite the numerous debates and widespread outrage against neonicotinoids, research into how these popular insecticides affect environmental and public health is still relatively new. Opinions about their safety are divided. While one site suggests a strong link between neonicotinoid use and local pollinator collapses combined with adverse health effects in other animals, another […]