Thursday 10 July 2014

'Bee-harming' pesticides also hit bird populations: study

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'Bee-harming' pesticides also hit bird populations: study
Paris (AFP) July 09, 2014 - Already suspected of killing bees, so-called "neonic" pesticides also affect bird populations, possibly by eliminating the insects they feed upon, a Dutch study said on Wednesday. The new paper comes weeks after an international panel of 29 experts found that birds, butterflies, worms and fish were being harmed by neonicotinoid insecticides, although details of this impact were sketchy. ... more


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