PCT’s October cover story “Pollinator Primer: Why Bee Health Matters” reviewed what PCOs need to know about recent EPA label changes aimed at protecting bee health. This is a rapidly changing issue but this information was current when PCT went to press in early October. Below are research reports discussed in the article.
Overview
http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/ecosystem/pollinator/index.html
http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/registration_review/highlights.htm
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2013/pollin-summit.html
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ecosystem/pollinator/risk-mgmt.html
Pennsylvania State University Center for Pollinator Research
http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators
Oregon Department of Agriculture
http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PEST/Pages/Pollinator.aspx
http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/Pages/news/130627dinotefuran.aspx
Portland Tribune Hillsboro bee deaths still a mystery 15 August 2013 http://portlandtribune.com/sl/158985-hillsboro-bee-deaths-still-a-mystery-
U.S. House of Reps Proposed Legislation
http://www.pctonline.com/Neonicotinoid-legislation-proposed.aspx
http://blumenauer.house.gov/index.php
European Union Ban
http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/bees/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/bees/neonicotinoids_en.htm
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/130116.htm
66% of Canadians support federal ban on neonics http://www.sierraclub.ca/sites/sierraclub.ca/files/poll.pdf
Dead bees: More than 30 million found in Canada
Pollinator Partnership
Partners – ORKIN is a partner - http://www.pollinator.org/partners.htm
NAPPC
http://pollinator.org/nappc/index.html
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/files/flawed-epa-approval-process-IB.pdf
Neonicitinoids
University of Florida – description of neonicotinoids - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/PI/PI11700.pdf
Research
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338325/
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-effects-pesticides-honeybee-health.html
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070182
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=11350
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343513000493
6 June 2013
http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=10858
Pesticide Action Network
Sulfoxaflor (Dow AgroSciences)
http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/csb_page/updates/2013/sulfoxaflor-decision.html
Other Sources
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/diesel-throws-honeybees-trying-find-flowers-trail-8C11329860
http://www.bloomberg.com/article/2013-08-15/adZEVqiw0Cxg.html
http://www.acaai.org/allergist/news/Pages/TheRiseofDeadlyInsectStingAllergiesIsThereaCure.aspx
http://www.haagendazs.com/Learn/HoneyBees/
Washington State Dept of Ag
Time magazine
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2149141,00.html
Friends of the Earth
Change.org
http://www.change.org/petitions/epa-save-our-bees-and-the-food-we-eat-ban-bayer-s-chemicals-now
Organic connections
http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/over-one-million-petition-epa-to-ban-bee-killing-pesticides/
Credo Action
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/eu_ban/?sp_ref=830218.4.75.t.0.3&source=tw_sp
Avaaz – global petition site
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_bees/
Bayer CropScience
http://www.bayercropscience.us/our-commitment/bee-health
www.multifunctional-landscapes.eu
Syngenta, Bayer Joint Statement on EU ban
http://www.syngenta.com/global/corporate/en/news-center/news-releases/pages/130328.aspx
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