Today’s outfit for my Depo renewal shot in Austin (thanks, stupid TX Legislature!) and then work. @uniqlousa Andy Warhol stripe tee, capris, Monster High shortie sox, and new Cat & Jack Halloween black cat ears hoodie (hood pic taken before my hair update, obvs). #ootd #fafafafafashionbeepbeep #everydayfashion #cheapasschic #uniqlo #andywarhol #stripes #capripantsforever #allmyclothesfromthekidssection #stevies #catandjack #targethalloween #hoodie #blackcat #vans #silvershoes #glitter #monsterhigh #shortiesox #nomakeup #campbellssoup #punkrockgirl #over45style #mystyle
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Alarming Decline of Insect Population Linked to Toxic Pesticides in U.S. Agriculture -
Excerpt from this Common Dreams/EcoWatch story:
The rapid and dangerous decline of the insect population in the United States — often called an “insect apocalypse” by scientists — has largely been driven by an increase in the toxicity of U.S. agriculture caused by the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS One.
The study found that American agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insects over the past 25 years and pinned 92 percent of the toxicity increase on neonicotinoids, which were banned by the European Union last year due to the threat they pose to bees and other pollinators.
Kendra Klein, Ph.D., study co-author and senior staff scientist at Friends of the Earth, said the U.S. must follow Europe’s lead and ban the toxic pesticides before it is too late.
“It is alarming that U.S. agriculture has become so much more toxic to insect life in the past two decades,” Klein said in a statement. “We need to phase out neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees and other insects that are critical to biodiversity and the farms that feed us.”
“Congress must pass the Saving America’s Pollinators Act to ban neonicotinoids,” Klein added. “In addition, we need to rapidly shift our food system away from dependence on harmful pesticides and toward organic farming methods that work with nature rather than against it.”
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