A pilot study conducted by Friends of the Earth-US and Pesticide Research Institute found that garden plants sold at top retailers contained neonicotinoid pesticides toxic to bees. Findings include: Neonicotinoid residues were detected in seven out of thirteen samples (54 percent) of commercial nursery plants. In the samples with detections,..
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A devastating and very visible loss of native pollinators occurred (and is still ongoing) this week in Wilsonville, Oregon. Blooming linden trees at a Target store parking lot were treated with Safari, a systemic neonicotinoid insecticide manufactured by Valent Corporation containing the active ingredient dinotefuran. Applied as a soil drench or..
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Yesterday, a judge in the District Court of Delta County, Colorado issued a permanent injunction prohibiting a farmer from fogging for mosquitoes within 150 feet of his neighbor’s property and ever allowing pesticides to drift onto the property. The case involved drift of Fyfanon™—a mosquito adulticide containing 96% malathion—onto a..
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