Author Archives: Tom Theobald

Here’s an article in Mother Jones about how Midwestern Waters are Full of Bee Killing Pesticides. The U.S. Geological Survey is important not only because it reveals neonicotinoids in Midwestern waters at killing levels, but because this is just the … Continue reading →

Here is another good article on the systemic pesticides. How the New DDT Wreaks Havoc on the Bottom of the Food Chain cites the statistics of Jean-Marc Bonmatin of France, that the neonicotinoids are 5,000 to 10,000 times more toxic … Continue reading →

I stumbled across this article about how insecticides put world food supplies at risk this morning when looking for something else. While it is several weeks old, it is well worth reading for the overview it gives of the neonic … Continue reading →

This air pollution story, Runaround: Three Months of Correspondence with the EPA, sounds all too familiar. We have seen the same thing in the pesticide arena. If they had thrown up this shield in 2010 do you think the leaked … Continue reading →

This stinging indictment of the neonicotinoids and how they have been handled appeared in the Guardian yesterday.