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Alternatives to Neonicotinoid Insecticide-Coated Corn Seed: Agroecological Methods are Better for Farmers and the Environment

Download the Report Corn seed coated with neonics is by far the most extensive use of any insecticides in the U.S. Neonics have been strongly implicated in serious harm to pollinators, such as bees, that are needed for crop productivity, and beneficial insects that protect our crops…

Water Hazard 2.0: Continued Aquatic Contamination by Neonicotinoid Insecticides in the United States

D ownload the Report Water Hazard 2.0 , is an update to the 2015 CFS report, Water Hazard: Aquatic Contamination by Neonicotinoid Insecticides in the United States . This report shows continued widespread water contamination from neonicotinoid insecticides…

December 6th, 2016

Net Lossâ€”Economic Efficacy and Costs of Neonicotinoid Insecticides Used as Seed Coatings: Updates from the United States and Europe

Download the Report Net Loss—Economic Efficacy and Costs of Neonicotinoid Insecticides Used as Seed Coatings: Updates from the United States and Europe , shows that the economic and environmental losses associated with widespread overuse of certain pesticide seed coatings greatly outweigh potential gains. The report is an update to CFS’s 2013 report Heavy Costs…

September 16th, 2015

Water Hazard: Aquatic Contamination by Neonicotinoid Insecticides in the United States

Download the Report Center for Food Safety's (CFS) report, “Water Hazard: Aquatic Contamination by Neonicotinoid Insecticides in the United States,” shows widespread water contamination with neonicotinoid insecticides and threatening a range of aquatic invertebrates including crabs and insects…

February 5th, 2015

Monarchs in Peril: Herbicide-Resistant Crops and the Decline of Monarch Butterflies in North America

Download "Quick Facts" - Download the Executive Summary - Download the Full Report - Download the Supplementary Materials This comprehensive report reveals the severe impacts of herbicide-resistant genetically engineered (GE) crops on the monarch population, which has plummeted over the past twenty years…

March 24th, 2014

Heavy Costs: Weighing the Value of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Agriculture

Download the Report Heavy Costs is a scientific literature review which reveals that neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments offer little benefit, do not increase crop yields, and cause widespread environmental and economic damage. In particular, neonicotinoids have been implicated in bee population declines and colony collapse…

September 5th, 2013

Pollinators & Pesticides: A Report by Center For Food Safety on Pollinator Health, Research, and Future Efforts for Pollinator Protection

Download the Report Honey bees not only produce nutritious honey, but they also play an important part in the United States agricultural economy. One in every three bites of food we eat depends on a crop pollinated by honey bees, and about 90% of all flowering plants require pollinators to reproduce.

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