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Glyphosat

• neolefty 5y ago
  That's an herbicide, best not to conflate, if only because people will use it as evidence of ignorance. The article mentions pesticides: > States with the most significant dip in bee numbers have the largest increase in the use of pesticides like neonicotinoids, insecticides, and fungicides, per Live Science.
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  • Cryptonic 5y ago
    https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2664.13867 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111... There are several studies pointing to glyphosphat (this one just an example, use Google). Actually there are so many studies that Europe ends the use in December 2022.
• cratermoon 5y ago
  neonicotinoids
• redprince 5y ago
  It has been implied in the death of honey bees but it appears that the surfactants in common formulations are to be blamed and not the glyphosate itself. https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-its-not-the-glyphosate-it-is-the-inert-ingredients/ https://www.beeculture.com/catch-the-buzz-its-not-the-glypho...