Much of the world's honey laced with pesticides, study finds

OBA Commentary on these findings:

We can expect traces of neonics to be found not just in honey but in other food products, milk, corn, vegetables, beef, etc. that come into contact with these systemic pesticides. All contamination levels were below the amounts regulations permit for human consumption. But almost half of the samples had a pesticide concentration above the minimum level known to have detrimental effects on bee health.

Bees travel widely and serve as a sentinel species indicating the presences of toxins in their environment. Time to limit the use of these chemicals!

Much of the world’s honey laced with pesticides, study finds

Just for fun, scientists hosting a bee exhibit at a Swiss botanical garden a few years ago asked visitors, friends and colleagues to send them honey pots from around the world. They soon had more than 200 samples from bees on six continents, a honey resource that has yielded a groundbreaking study on global pesticide use. Just for fun, scientists hosting a bee exhibit at a Swiss botanical garden a few years ago asked visitors, friends and colleagues to send them honey pots from around the world. They soon had more than 200 samples from bees on six continents, a honey resource that has yielded a groundbreaking study on global pesticide use. Just for fun, scientists hosting a bee exhibit at a Swiss botanical garden a few years ago asked visitors, friends and colleagues to send them honey pots from around the world. They soon had more than 200 samples from bees on six continents, a honey resource that has yielded a groundbreaking study on global pesticide use.

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