It's not just the bees! 'Neonic' pesticides linked to bird declines
The higher the imidacloprid concentration the more severely the bird populations dropped.
Thompson, Helen
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2481528/its_not_just_the_bees_neonic_pesticides_linked_to_bird_declines.html
Date Written: 2014-07-17
Publisher: The Ecologist
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX16599
A study published today in Nature shows a strong correlation between concentrations of a popular neonicotinoid pesticide in water, and bird declines. Regulators are under pressure to tighten up, but the industry still claims there's 'no substantiated evidence'.
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