Concerns Rise Over Pesticide Use, Birds, and Bees
16:54 minutes
Research published this week in the journal Nature links the use of neonicotinoid pesticides to declining populations of some insect-eating birds. The same pesticides, which have been banned in the European Union, have come under fire for possible connections to struggling bee colonies. Cynthia Palmer of the American Bird Conservancy and bee expert Dennis vanEngelsdorp talk about the birds, bees, and environmental protection.
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Cynthia Palmer
Cynthia Palmer is director of Pesticides Science and Regulation at the American Bird Conservancy in Washington, D.C.
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis vanEngelsdorp is project director at BeeInformed, and assistant professor in the department of entomology at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
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