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Want to know why the honeybees are dying
On May 29, 12:38 pm, Bill Rose wrote:
In article .net, William Wagner wrote: http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/mussen/news.cfm Thanks - Bill Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly) Thank you for the link to Dr. Mussen. Salon.com published a panel discussion including Dr. Mussen. Interesting reading as the panelists parse through the various theories and media reports. You can read it he http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20.../missing_bees/ As for the poster who wrote about feeling dirty about Bayer -- Bayer AG is a longtime purveyor of death including developing and experimenting the use of mustard gas and other chemicals on inmates in Germany during WWI and WWII, so anytime you use any of their products you are supporting a company that, unlike a number of other German companies, has never apologized to anyone. (I learned this in grade school during the 60's as we were encouraged not to use any Bayer products.) For a basic history of Bayer's misdeeds, go to http://archive.corporatewatch.org/pr...yer/bayer5.htm |
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Want to know why the honeybees are dying
On 30 May 2007 07:48:07 -0700, Tony Vassallo
wrote: As for the poster who wrote about feeling dirty about Bayer -- Bayer AG is a longtime purveyor of death including developing and experimenting the use of mustard gas and other chemicals on inmates in Germany during WWI and WWII, so anytime you use any of their products you are supporting a company that, unlike a number of other German companies, has never apologized to anyone. (I learned this in grade school during the 60's as we were encouraged not to use any Bayer products.) For a basic history of Bayer's misdeeds, go to http://archive.corporatewatch.org/pr...yer/bayer5.htm That would have been me. I wish I had learned this *before* I started with them, rather than learning it on the job. I grew up with the Dupont "Better Living Through Chemistry" school of thought and teaching. Corp Watch is a good reference and I use it often, when making decisions about products. It is sad, and maddening, that it takes so much research to make informed and responsible purchasing decisions. We oftimes think we are about to make a responsible choice, but when you go to digging around, you sometimes encounter the darkness, several layers deep, in the corporate structure. Yet, general awareness *seems* to be increasing, thanks to the efforts of people who are beginning to bang a few pots. Around these here parts, even the generation older than I, the true old geezers, are starting to fart in the general direction of the crooked bastids. Care Charlie |
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Want to know why the honeybees are dying
On May 29, 12:20 pm, mleblanca wrote:
Take a look at the March/April 2007 issue. http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/mussen/news.cfm Thanks for that, Bill, very interesting and informative. Also recommended: More from Mussen, plus 3 other pros: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20.../missing_bees/ |
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