US: Memo leaked from the EPA sheds light on the mystery of why honey bees have been dying off. It may be a pesticide produced by the Bayer Company. The EPA has known that this chemical harms honey bees since at least 2003; yet, not only has it allowed Bayer to sell the product, it has concealed the research. [Once again, we see the ugly face of corruption in government.]

The above title is by the amazing G. Edward Griffin!

From: greenchipstocks

EPA Complicit in Colony Collapse Disorder?

The humble honey bee is getting its fair share of buzz this year — which doesn’t bode particularly well for the species, or American agriculture as a whole.

The most recent revelations involve leaked government documents, regulatory malfeasance, and scientific censorship. To mix an insect metaphor, it’s quite a tangled web…

Since 2006, serious decimation of the North American bee population has taken place. Termed “colony collapse disorder,” millions of worker bees have mysteriously disappeared from their colonies, largely confounding the scientific community.

Blame has volleyed from viruses to fungi to cell phone radiation…

But a suspect has emerged as enemy number one: Bayer’s pesticide clothianidin.

Clothianidin is widely used on America’s corn crops in addition to other ubiquitous crops like canola, soy, and sugar beets.

Leaked EPA documents have detailed the regulatory agency’s allowance of clothianidin to maneuver its way through regulatory channels in the face of scientists’ warning and flawed studies.

According to these documents provided to beekeeper Tom Theobald, the EPA was aware of the pesticide’s dangers way back in 2003; but the EPA granted Bayer a “conditional” approval that allowed them to start using the pesticide.

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