Under the EPA’s watch, unchecked insecticides are causing another ‘Silent Spring’ ...Middle East

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In the early 1990s, the pesticide industry unleashed neonicotinoids, a new class of neurotoxic insecticide lauded as “a milestone in insecticide research.” Neonics, for short, were proclaimed to be safer and more effective at selectively killing insects, while not harming birds and other vertebrates. They were seen by many as an improvement over more persistent pesticides like organophosphates and DDT, which was banned after millions of Americans were outraged in the wake of Rachel Carson’s landmark 1962 book, “Silent Spring.” No one questions neonics’ ability to kill insects. One study found that since their introduction they have made U.S. agriculture 48 times more toxic to insects. H

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