Pesticides and Bee's Honey

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/much-worlds-honey-now-contains-pesticides-harm-bees?mode=topic&context=60



Pesticides are turning up in honey everywhere which is not good for humans consuming the honey. The pesticides infesting the honey include nicotine-derived pesticides. When the honey was tested in a study, three out of the four honeys contained at least some measurable level of neonicotinoids in them. The contaminated crops are infesting the world not just certain regions said a recent study. At least 87 percent of commonly tested crops contain neonicotinoids in them. This can destroy a lot of valuable crops. Pesticides have been around since 1990's

 This is not good for the environment or the economy for some farmers. This can kill some of their crops which is their main source of income. A lot of farmers use their farms as a their food source too. The problem of pesticides needs to resolved so not as many crops are infested. The killing of crops is not good for the earth. This needs to be fixed for farmers.

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    I wonder if we've all been secretly becoming addicted to nicotine from our honey?

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2018 at 10:07 AM

    How do the pesticides get from the honey to the crops are from the crops to the honey?

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2018 at 2:28 PM

    Why is nicotine a part of pesticides anyway?

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 6:09 AM

    I never would have thought that pesticides would be in the honey. I wonder how many of us have consumed honey with the nicotine and pesticide in it? That makes me now question when I buy honey.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2018 at 6:25 AM

    This makes me not want to eat honey. That's terrible and the problem needs to be fixed fast!

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