"These pesticides can easily be replaced by other chemicals which don't have such a devastating effect on the food chain."
These will be the Pyrethroids that farmers have switched to since the ban?
They're not nearly as effective, need much more spray treatments and more hazardous than Neonicotinoid to ground based insect life like ground nesting bees and beetles.
This past year crops have been so badly affected by flea beetles that Defra approved the use of Insyst last September.
Not saying that I want the ban lifted but it's not so easy.
Maybe petitioning for a massive bee breeding program, selecting strains resistant to the chemicals and varroa mites would be a good idea too?
( , Thu 5 Mar 2015, 12:11, Share, Reply)
These will be the Pyrethroids that farmers have switched to since the ban?
They're not nearly as effective, need much more spray treatments and more hazardous than Neonicotinoid to ground based insect life like ground nesting bees and beetles.
This past year crops have been so badly affected by flea beetles that Defra approved the use of Insyst last September.
Not saying that I want the ban lifted but it's not so easy.
Maybe petitioning for a massive bee breeding program, selecting strains resistant to the chemicals and varroa mites would be a good idea too?
( , Thu 5 Mar 2015, 12:11, Share, Reply)
No such thing as a free lunch, you can't sustain such a massive human population without damaging wildlife i guess.
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Ironically, I've just given my officemate my lunch as I feel unwell.
WHICH PROVES YOU WRONG HIPPIE
( , Thu 5 Mar 2015, 12:47, Share, Reply)
WHICH PROVES YOU WRONG HIPPIE
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