U.S. farmlands far more toxic to honey bees these days because of widespread neonicotinoid pesticide use - Entrepreneur Generations

According to a newly published study, American farmland is 48 times more toxic to honeybees than it was 25 years ago because of widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides. "This enormous rise in toxicity matches the sharp declines in bees, butterflies, and other pollinators as well as birds, says co-author Kendra Klein, senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth US," Stephen Leahy reports for National Geographic.

Klein and other researchers made their determination using a new tool that measures an area's toxicity to honey bees, how long a pesticide remains toxic, and how much is used in a year, following procedures established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Leahy reports.

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