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"It is now well known that neonicotinoids negatively affect pollinators" Do they?: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/11/01/global-consensus-finds-neonico

"It is now well known that neonicotinoids negatively affect pollinators" Do they?: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/11/01/global-consensus-finds-neonicotinoids-not-driving-honeybee-health-problems-why-is-europe-so-determined-to-ban-them/?fbclid=IwAR0AmQuzlKAtTNwAJ40BW-LTpW-m4A5lUUVAv2Y2HHe1mFKF9ajdsPm1JYI https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/11/01/global-consens... "Using data on zooplankton, water quality, and annual fishery yields of eel and smelt, we show that neonicotinoid application to watersheds since 1993 coincided with an 83% decrease in average zooplankton biomass in spring, causing the smelt harvest to collapse from 240 to 22 tons in Lake Shinji, Shimane Prefecture, Japan" Isn't this mistaking correlation with causation? I find this assertion dubious mainly because the mode by which neonicotinoids are applied is by seed coating rather than spraying so how are they getting into water? I don't have access to the full study - did they actually measure water levels of the pesticides and how did they rule out other factors?

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carapace 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Entine#Genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Entine#Genetics > Entine is the founding director of the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), operating as the Science Literacy Project, which is the umbrella organization for the GLP, Genetic Expert News Service (GENeS) and the Epigenetics Literacy Project. GLP focuses on the intersection of media, policy and genetics, both human and agricultural. > Entine has written three books on genetics and two on chemicals. Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution examines the controversy over genetic modification in agriculture.[20] > In 2007, Entine published Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People which examined the shared ancestry of Jews, Christians and Muslims, and addressed the question "Who is a Jew?" as seen through the prism of DNA.[21] > Entine's first book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It was inspired by the documentary on black athletes written with Brokaw in 1989.[22] It was favorably reviewed by The New York Times[23] but criticized by others[who?] who said that the subject could encourage a racist view of human relations.[24] > Entine supports the production of GMO foods, and has criticized writer Caitlin Shetterly after she wrote an article in Elle magazine saying that GMO corn had made her ill.[25][26][27]
- gcheong 7y ago
  Does any of this contradict the facts stated in the article? Is there something specifically false that you can point to?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Entine#Genetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Entine#Genetics > Entine is the founding director of the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), operating as the Science Literacy Project, which is the umbrella organization for the GLP, Genetic Expert News Service (GENeS) and the Epigenetics Literacy Project. GLP focuses on the intersection of media, policy and genetics, both human and agricultural. > Entine has written three books on genetics and two on chemicals. Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution examines the controversy over genetic modification in agriculture.[20] > In 2007, Entine published Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People which examined the shared ancestry of Jews, Christians and Muslims, and addressed the question "Who is a Jew?" as seen through the prism of DNA.[21] > Entine's first book, Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We’re Afraid to Talk About It was inspired by the documentary on black athletes written with Brokaw in 1989.[22] It was favorably reviewed by The New York Times[23] but criticized by others[who?] who said that the subject could encourage a racist view of human relations.[24] > Entine supports the production of GMO foods, and has criticized writer Caitlin Shetterly after she wrote an article in Elle magazine saying that GMO corn had made her ill.[25][26][27]

gcheong 7y ago
Does any of this contradict the facts stated in the article? Is there something specifically false that you can point to?