EU Action on pesticides

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

Global consensus finds neonicotinoids not driving honeybee health problems—Why is Europe so determined to ban them? | Genetic Literacy Project

Thank you for posting this. There is a lot of rhetoric (and laws) out there lacking scientific evidence and this is another such case.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Loss of your caterpillars, LM, very possibly had nothing to do with use of systemics. GMO corn or other grains would be a likely culprit if grown anywhere in your area. The GMO's have had part of the genome from Bacteria thuringiensis spliced into them. The pollen -- which is wind borne -- contains it as well. If the pollen lands on leaves of other plants and is ingested by caterpillars, it has been found to kill the caterpillars.

This is absolutely, 100% not true. GMOs are proven time and time and time again to have ZERO negative impact on the environment and human health. You can rank anti-GMO rhetoric up there in the same category as anti-evolution, flat earth, or anti-vaccine rhetoric: Its all non-scientifically based gibberish based on fear and ignorance.

Forbes Welcome

GMO safety debate is over - Alliance for Science

Are G.M.O. Foods Safe? - The New York Times

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The rhetoric can get overwhelming but as I said before and repeat - everyone should do their own due diligence in deciding.
GM corn IS having an impact. This article, as one example, links to numerous findings/studies on the decline in Monarch Butterfly populations.

Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog >> Blog Archive Monarch Butterfly Numbers Keep Declining - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
Another

Scientist finding many negative impacts of Roundup Ready GM crops

This article is scientifically factual and beyond argument
Three-quarters of the total insect population lost in protected nature reserves -- ScienceDaily

I think banning - and therefore encouraging pesticides formulation innovation - is a good thing. I personally applaud the EU for being proactive but then I suppose I'm crazy for preferring everything organic. Lol.

And this is more good news
State can label widely used herbicide as possible carcinogen - SFGate