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

June 07, 2024 00:30:40
Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - June 10, 2024
MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN
Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - June 10, 2024

Jun 07 2024 | 00:30:40

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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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