USDA bans honeybee-saving environmentalists from yearly Pollinator Festival; invites chemical industry instead
L.J. Devon
NaturalNews.com
Monday, July 11, 2016
Is the government really listening or just pretending to care? As pollinator populations dwindle, many facets of agriculture are put at risk. Beekeepers are speaking out like never before, concerned about the future. Shockingly, 44 percent of honeybee colonies have been lost in the past year! If the root of the problem is not addressed, key fruit, vegetable and herb crops won’t reproduce fast enough and will become scarce at a time when they are most needed.
At this year’s USDA’s Pollinator Week Festival, important environmental public interest groups were shut out and dis-invited from the event. These public interest groups, including the important Beyond Pesticides, seek to protect honeybees from neonicotinoid pesticides. “Neonics” are pervasive chemicals that make their way into pollen and adversely affect the bees’ nervous and immune systems.
Apparently, the USDA doesn’t want to listen to this scientific truth. Instead of embracing common sense solutions to protect pollinators, the USDA pushes away the important topic of pesticides, which represent a billion dollar industry. Instead, the government welcomes the chemical industry groups and gives them the spotlight at their Pollinator Week Festival. It’s such a front. The USDA is literally coordinating with the pesticide industry which has only ignored beekeepers’ pleas for pesticide restrictions.
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