Canadian regulators fail to protect a priceless pollinator from a known toxin

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    Dec.2, 2008
    The crop chemical, clothianidin, approved almost five years ago by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, has since been found to be "highly toxic to the honeybee, apis mellifera."
    Despite knowing this for at least four years, the PMRA, a division of Health Canada, has kept the product's temporary license in place.
    So it continues to be used.

    Who can we trust?

    Bob
     

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