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A study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science bolsters alarm about the role that agricultural pesticides play in what scientists have dubbed the "bugpocalypse" and led authors to call for stricter regulations across the U.S. Researchers at the University of Maryland as well as the advocacy groups.
by Robert Hunziker / May 13th, 2021
The Web of Life is under attack but almost nobody is aware because it’s happening mostly below surface. Scientists have identified a rampant worldwide Bugpocalypse that’s methodically killing the planet’s most significant and most crucial life support system, and it’s intentional!
The victim is soil, which is the life source for 95% of the foods we cram down our throats three times per day, 365 days per year.
A new landmark study has identified the killer of nature’s greatest achievement of all time, soil. Based upon this major new research only recently released, the culprit or soil killer is agricultural pesticides, as follows: “Study after study indicates the unchecked use of pesticides across hundreds of millions of acres each year is poisoning the organisms critical to maintaining healthy soils,” Donley added. “Yet our regulators have been ignoring the harm to these important ecosystems for decades.”
Poisoning the planet’s web of life 12.05.2021 - Los Angeles, USA - Robert Hunziker
Tractor spraying pesticides in field. Source: Wikimedia Commons
The Web of Life is under attack but almost nobody is aware because it’s happening mostly below the surface. Scientists have identified a rampant worldwide Bugpocalypse that’s methodically killing the planet’s most significant and most crucial life support system, and it’s intentional!
The victim is soil, which is the life source for 95% of the foods we cram down our throats three times per day, 365 days per year.
A new landmark study has identified the killer of nature’s greatest achievement of all time, soil. Based upon this major new research only recently released, the culprit or soil killer is agricultural pesticides, as follows: “Study after study indicates the unchecked use of pesticides across hundreds of million
For Immediate Release, May 10, 2021
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Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumblebee Takes Step Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Highly Imperiled Bumblebee Has Declined More Than 90%
PORTLAND,
Ore. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee, a critically imperiled species that has recently declined by more than 90%, may warrant Endangered Species Act protection. The announcement kicks off a one-year status assessment of the species.
Today’s positive finding comes in response to a petition filed in 2020 by the Center for Biological Diversity. This would be the first cuckoo bumblebee protected under the Act and the second bumblebee, with the rusty patched bumblebee being the first.