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Comment by brnt

Keep in mind pesticide research is a multi-billion dollareuro business, and that a pesticide 20 years ago has little to do with a pesticide now. Recent techniques such as seed coating also have had big changes.

Nobody contests the use of pesticides and pesticide research, but we should also not underestimate the role and pervasiveness of these stuffs on much of our planets acreage and soil.

The chemical implicated in bees demise, neonicotinoids, sounds like it actually may have something to do with tobacco production though!

parent brnt 6 years ago

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