Why I Think Clothianidin and Imidacloprid Should be Banned Immediately
In March I was flown to Toronto to be interviewed about the neonicotinoids that I believe should be banned. Thank God that more people are getting active before we have a collapse of our ecosystem. I believe there is a direct correlation between the widespread and ever increasing use of imidacloprid and clothianidin and the loss of bats and the reduced number of birds that is occurring. (See Symptoms below)
These pesticides are derived from nicotine, an ancient remedy used to kill bugs. Neonicotinoids are systemic. Once put into or on a seed or plant, imidacloprid and clothianidin permeate the entire organism from seed to roots, leaves, flowers, seeds, etc. You cannot wash these pesticides off.
Clothianidin is water soluble and extremely mobile in the soil. New York state refused to allow it because it was found in well water miles from where it was being tested on crops. There are those who state clothianidin can be in the soil for 19 years. Yet the Office of Pesticides and Programs and Review has allowed it to be sold.
Don’t you think that maybe Dr Steven Bradbury who is the Director of the Office of Pesticide Programs and Review has his priorities confused? Surely he has the final responsibility to stop Bayer Crop Science from marketing this poison when the EPA scientists stated more field studies are needed. The EPA has fine dedicated scientists but their work is apparently ignored and the chemical giant Bayer, yes, the same people who make aspirin, is pandered to.
The field studies for clothianidin were done in Canada on canola and these same field studies were what was to determine if clothianidin was appropriate to be used in the USA on corn. Odd that it got a conditional use permit anyway. Makes me ask myself, Did someone high up in the EPA have a vested interest in Bayer Crop Science? Why was it rushed to market?
Dr. Henk Tennekes has written a stunning book, short and to the point, called “The Systemic Pesticides: A Disaster In The Making,” which uses real data showing the direct correlation between loss of wild birds and the extensive use of imidacloprid. I say buy it and read it. If you are a science teacher in public schools, use it as a reference book. If you are a mother or plan to be a mother, read it and maybe it will shake you up enough that you will become actively involved in banning this poison.
85 %of corn seed is stapled with imidacloprid. 60% of grapes from California are drip feed imidacloprid, yet only8.8% of grapes tested show it present; that means although it has to be there because it is a systemic – it is in such a minute amounts than the normal methods of testing cannot detect it. (See Dr. Henk Tennekes book for confirmation)
Science has proven that imidacloprid is cumulative in the DNA of the invertebrates brain. Once an insect eats pollen, drinks the nectar or even walks on the plant at certain times minute amounts add up and are just as dangerous to an insect ( invertebrate) as a large amount at one time.
SYMPTOMS
- Weakened immune system
- Destroyed digestive system – looks like cancer in humans as the digestive system is blackened.
- Bizarre or disoriented behavior Loss of memory (Bayer’s claim) yet it has become evident that it interfers with the capability to retrieve facts in the mind and use those facts when appropriate.
Bats are exhibiting the following symptoms:
- Such a weakened immune system that they succumb to white nose syndrome. It seems that a bacteria from European caves is present and it is assumed the cause of the syndrome but it is only an assumption at this time, not proven. This does not explain why their immunity is so low.
- Their fat resources are used up two months before hibernation is complete.
- Bats never leave the cave in the daylight yet they are flying out in the daytime and crashing into snow banks or flying until they drop.
- Bats eat 14 times their weight in insects a night. They have been a major contributor of keeping bugs in balance. I know of no studies that have been done to test bats brain responses.
I have been on this research path 4 years. Now I look at all the land in the cities with neatly cut lawns and see environmental chaos. To a bee it is a desert. Use Roundup and you make it a minefield for all invertebrates. What do you think the birds can eat when you are so busy killing off all wild things that flower which feed pollinators and give a place for insects to live?
Please tear up part of your socially acceptable lawn and plant bee friendly perennials or plant a garden to feed both the pollinaotrs and yourself. Without pollinators our major food crops will be difficult to maintain. Without song birds life will become duller.
Do your part. Leave Roundup on the shelf and if weeds are so repulsive to you, use common salt on them. Salt won’t hurt your children in any way should it be absorbed by their bare feet. Let little bugs run all over your pretty flowers or plant garlic with your rose bush and learn other ways to use biopest control. Stop the imminent collapse of our entire ecosystem.
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