Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach

MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN

Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - June 10, 2024

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Show Notes

I suspect every gardener has for years now, over and again, heard the warnings about the most widely used pesticides in the US, neonicotinoids – or neonics for short. In 2013 the American Bird Conservancy issued a report, warning of their impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and especially the ripple effect their use was having on birds. The conservancy has just issued an updated report with a telling headline: “Neonicotinoid insecticides: Failing to come to grips with a predictable environmental disaster.” So where are we now with limiting the use of these pesticides, and what can we as citizens, and... Read More ›

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