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Seems like there's a fair bit of evidence around neonicotinoids being the cause. http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/without_honeybees_we_may_cease_to_be/ http://w

Seems like there's a fair bit of evidence around neonicotinoids being the cause. http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/without_honeybees_we_may_cease_to_be/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/21/without_honeybees_we_may_cea... I really don't feel like the EPA or USDA has our backs. Those organizations tend to be pretty well integrated with lobbyists from large agro-corps.

specialist 14y ago
"Regulatory capture occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or special concerns of interest groups that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating. Regulatory capture is a form of government failure, as it can act as an encouragement for firms to produce negative externalities. The agencies are called "captured agencies"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture