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There is not one mention of glyphosate (or Roundup) in this article. Why? If I had to bet on one overriding cause of this, it's glyphosate.
by nakedrobot2 8y ago
There is not one mention of glyphosate (or Roundup) in this article. Why?
If I had to bet on one overriding cause of this, it's glyphosate.
- odovdor 8y agoGlyphosate is a herbicide. Why blame it when there are dozens of insecticides used in agriculture?
- radiorental 8y agoThere's recent reporting that Glyphosate affects insect gut bacteria. https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/Glyphosate-disrupts-honey-bee-gut/96/web/2018/09 https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/Glyphosate-disrup... I think the larger point being, the more chemicals we insert into the environment without a holistic understanding of their interactions and impact on various ecosystems, the more we run the risk of collateral damage.
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- vixen99 8y ago...and insects have no interest in plants.
- m0skit0 8y agoWhat is your reference that glyphosate is more toxic to insects than other pesticides? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Glyphosate_alone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Glyphosate_alone
- dTal 8y agoThe 80% insect loss is also documented in protected tropical rainforest, in a country where pesticide use has plummeted. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18222888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18222888
- fsloth 8y agoTo my understanding, the best guess for tropical biomass loss is the change in temperature. Bugs can't tolerate temperatures beyond a very specific region to which they are adapted to. That's not to say agricultural chemicals would not play a role in other geographic regions.