Insanity: US Approves Bee Death Pesticide as EU Bans It
by Anthony Gucciardi May 12th, 2013 Corporate politics is business as usual inside the United States, as I am once again shocked to report the EPA has sided with industry lobbyists over public health in approving a highly dangerous pesticide that the European Union recently decided to ban over fears of environmental devastation. Not only [...]
One-Third of U.S. Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter, Threatening Food Supply
By Brandon Keim 05.08.13 Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s food supply. Multiple factors — pesticides, fungicides, parasites, viruses and malnutrition — are believed to cause the losses, which were officially announced today by a consortium of academic [...]
Hundreds of Thousands of Rat-Sized, House-Eating Snails Invade Florida
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 Taylor Berman Florida has a new problem: Giant African land snails. The snails, which can grow as large as rats, were first discovered in South Florida by a homeowner in 2011, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture. Since then over 117,000 have been found and more than a thousand more [...]
Devastating honeybee loss reported across United States expected to impact food prices
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) 4/8/2013 Fifty percent of the domestic honeybee population is dead, the greatest single-year loss of honeybees in the United States ever recorded. The dramatic loss of the bees is expected to affect consumers. Colony Collapse Disorder has killed half of the honeybees in the United States this year alone. [...]
‘Noid Rage & Angry Birds: EPA Sued over Declining Bees, Called on to Stop Bird Deaths
Saturday, March 23, 2013 Heather Callaghan Activist Post As stated before in the news about the EU’s heated debate over the use of neonicotinoids – a nicotine-like pesticide, the world’s most widely used – there’s hope for the bees because the issue is not going away. The buzz is growing in North America as well, [...]
UF Researcher: Mega mosquitoes set to invade Central Fla.
Researchers say mosquito is 20 times the size of normal mosquito Author: Evan Lambert, Reporter ORLANDO, Fla. – Mega mosquitoes known as gallinippers could invade Central Florida this summer as flood waters from tropical storms force the larvae to hatch this hurricane season. Entomologists at the University of Florida say the mosquitoes are 20 times [...]
KFC halts chicken supply from 1,000 Chinese farms after antibiotics scare
Saturday, March 02, 2013 By J. D. Heyes (NaturalNews) Another day, another Chinese food scare. KFC is dropping more than 1,000 farms from its network of suppliers in China to make sure the food it serves is safe after a scandal over tainted chicken hurt company sales in that key (meaning large) emerging market last [...]
Livestock virus found on 1,500 farms
28 February 2013 By Helen Briggs BBC News Ewes infected in pregnancy can give birth to malformed lambs A virus that causes stillbirths and birth defects in lambs and calves has spread to more than 1,500 UK farms, new government figures show. Cases of Schmallenberg have now been reported in all the counties of [...]
Wildlife Officials Warn Hunters Of Deadly Rabbit Fever
February 21, 2013 RALEIGH, N.C. (CBS Charlotte) - Officials with both the North Carolina Division of Public Health and the Wildlife Commission are urging hunters to be wary about rabbit fever after two hunters contracted it this month. Their warning, reported by the Wilson Times, comes just before the end of rabbit hunting season on Feb. [...]
Mexico: Bird flu outbreak hits 582,000 chickens
Feb 15, 8:30 PM EST Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s animal health agency says a bird flu outbreak at seven farms in central Mexico has affected as many as 582,000 chickens. The Agriculture Department says more than a half million birds were exposed, but the number that will have to be slaughtered has [...]
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