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To: lowbridge
“A single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill a songbird,” Palmer said. “Even a tiny grain of wheat or canola treated with the oldest neonicotinoid — called imidacloprid — can fatally poison a bird. And as little as 1/10th of a neonicotinoid-coated corn seed per day during egg-laying season is all that is needed to affect reproduction.”

Sorry I will have to reserve judgment on this until I see this study duplicated by reputable scientist.

This is a paid for study by the American Bird Conservancy.

It just doesn’t make sense. These seeds are planted all over this country and the crow population is exploding. Crows feast on sprouted corn in fields all over this country during the spring at the peak of fledging. If this corn seed was so deadly there would be no crows in a few short years.

22 posted on 05/28/2013 7:20:00 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

DDT is safe enough to eat. Bring back the miracle insecticide DDT!


28 posted on 05/28/2013 7:25:36 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Pontiac

It makes sense to me....there is no way Monsanto or any other bio co/lab can test the long term affects of their products.
I am firm believer in Lyme being manufactured in a lab an getting “out” and this is devestating to those that dont detect it early enough.

Monsanto is messing with the bugs and in turn the “birds and the bees” and the chain is far reaching in its adverse results.

Remember the old butter ad;

“Its not nice to mess with mother nature”?


46 posted on 05/28/2013 7:35:39 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Pontiac

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100217687/bees-pesticides-more-green-lies/


56 posted on 05/28/2013 7:46:43 AM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Pontiac
Huge packs of vultures are swarming all over Europe as well:

http://earthtouch.tv/blog/article/europes-vultures-unpopular-hungry-and-now-feasting-on-human-remains/?category=nature-news

88 posted on 05/28/2013 9:16:27 AM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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To: Pontiac

The dose described in your pull-quote is at least 1000x what bees are being exposed to.


101 posted on 05/28/2013 11:46:59 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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