What are Neonicotinoids?
Why are Neonicotinoids dangerous?
Los neonicotinoides son pesticidas sistémicos, lo que significa que no se pueden eliminar lavando la planta y que toda ella se vuelve tóxica , incluyendo el polen y el néctar.
Los neonicotinoides son solubles en agua, lo que significa que se filtran en las aguas subterráneas y luego en nuestros ríos y arroyos, afectando la vida del suelo, así como los ecosistemas acuáticos, por no hablar de nuestra agua potable.
Los neonicotinoides son los insecticidas más utilizados en el mundo y afectan a las abejas, los colibríes, las aves, los insectos beneficiosos, los peces y los organismos acuáticos, así como a las personas.
“Sostenemos que la transmisión eficiente y bien documentada de neonicotinoides a través de cadenas alimentarias tripartitas —de la planta a la plaga y al enemigo natural—, combinada con la diversidad de herbívoros no objetivo en las plantas tratadas, amenaza redes alimentarias enteras al alterar las comunidades e interacciones de los artrópodos.”
Thanks to Rocky Walker of Channel 12 NewsWatch for a great story about HB 2679 and the effort to weaken it with a -1 amendment!
We appreciate Rocky's interest in this important topic, and for wanting to share how people can become involved.
Despite excellent support from legislators and the community to pass HB 2679 to classify products containing neonicotinoids as restricted-use pesticides, the bill died in Work Session.
Thanks to all who submitted comments and shared this important information. We'll try again another year!
¡Mantengámonos a salvo!
Únete a otros ciudadanos preocupados que optan por no comprar plantas cultivadas o tratadas con neonicotinoides. Pregunta en tu vivero o empresa de jardinería si tienen información sobre los neonicotinoides.
Aquí está nuestra lista de viveros de Rogue Valley
Ofrecemos plantas cultivadas sin neonicotinoides.
Aquí tienes una lista de soluciones más seguras para las plagas del jardín y el patio, cortesía de Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply. (Estos productos pueden matar insectos beneficiosos).
Vota con tu dólar.
¡Apoya a los agricultores, tiendas y viveros que no utilizan neonicotinoides!
¿Conoces la lista de los Diez Productos Tóxicos , los 10 productos neonicotinoides más vendidos?
Haz clic aquí para ver una lista de otros productos con neón que debes evitar.
Resources on Neonicotinoids
Thanks, NRDC, for this article, Neonicotinoids 101: The Effects on Humans and Bees - what you need to know about the toxic insecticide that’s decimating populations of pollinators.
Here's how to avoid bee-killing pesticides, from Environment Oregon.
Neonicotinoids pose undocumented threats to food webs - S. D. Frank and J. F. Tooker, PNAS, 9/2/2020
Read American Bird Conservancy's report, a report from 2015 about neonics in the foods served in Congress' dining halls. More information is available in ABC's article summarizing the many ways neonics impact food systems and ecosystems.
What's poop got to do with it? A lot. Read this sobering report from Beyond Pesticides about a surprising way toxic neonicotinoids spread through the ecosystem - via honeydew, or the "excretion product of phloem-feeding hemipteran insects such as aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, or psyllids" -- aka, 'poop'.
Read Toxic Secret, a report from 2019 about neonics and other pesticides found in over 70% of the foods purchased in western grocery stores.
The evidence against neonicotinoids continues to pile up, just like dead bees. This article in National Geographic explains that U.S. agriculture is now 48 times deadlier for insects than it was 25 years ago, in large part because of the extensive use of neonics on farms all across the country.
"This is the second Silent Spring. Neonics are like a new DDT, except they are a thousand times more toxic to bees than DDT."
For an in-depth look at the science of how these insecticides harm bees, read this comprehensive report from the Xerces Society summarizing hundreds of studies How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees.
Here is a well-written (and sad) article about the harm that neonics continue to cause to our environment from The Guardian, June 2021: Toxic impact of pesticides on bees has doubled
Thanks to our friends at Beyond Toxics for this great graphic showing how neonics move through the ecosytem.
