Author Archives: Tom Theobald

Pesticide issues we have been dealing with, an overview

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Tom Theobald

Last October I did an interview with Gary Fawcett on his New Zealand site, Kiwimana and it was recently released. It is an hour long, but during that hour we cover most of the issues we have been dealing with. … Continue reading →

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Treated seeds with no benefits

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Tom Theobald

In a startling about-face, the EPA issued this report titled,Benefits of Neonicotinoid Seed Treatments to Soybean Production In the abstract the EPA states that the Biological and Economic Analysis Division (BEAD) “concludes that these seed treatments provide negligible overall benefits … Continue reading →

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“Neonicotinoids: The New DDT?” An Earth Focus documentary

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Tom Theobald

This documentary video, Neonicotinoids: The New DDT, is the best yet examining the implications of the systemic pesticides, the neonicotinoids. We may be witness to the most massive poisoning of the earth in human history. The evidence is that the … Continue reading →

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Is the Monarch Butterfly the New Bald Eagle?

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Tom Theobald

Or is it the new passenger pigeon? In an earlier posting I asked if neonicotinoids are the new DDT. Just minutes ago I received a press release announcing the filing of a petition calling for protection of the Monarch Butterfly … Continue reading →

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Comparing the toxic effects of the neonics to DDT

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Tom Theobald

Here is an introductory paragraph to a paper by the Federal Bureau of Entomology, released in December of 1948, as DDT, the latest wonder chemical, came into wider and wider use, “safer than arsenic” they assured us. “The rapidly increasing … Continue reading →

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