We have to this stop this poisoning of all living things on are planet mother Earth

Double down on that. It's our children's only hope.

It`s apalling that BIG MONEY has all kinds of lobyists pushing up politicians arses to do BIG MONEY`s will! Yet when it comes to the proffessional scientific community, they have to do the equivalent of a mount everst climb before they get any notice. These kinds of findingsneed to be fast-tracked and even bypass all the POLITICS IN PLAY b.s. when it comes to issues/chemicals that have such a negative impact on our safety. Shame!!

The scientific community has been warning about this for years. NOTHING DONE!

Yes and now Monsanto and Dow want to use Agent Orange since glysophate's effectiveness is lessening.

Speaking of birds, bees and pesticides… Guess what can happen to humans when they're exposed:

Researchers link autism and rain (Nov 11, 2008)
UC Davis study finds link between pesticide use, autism (Jun 23, 2014)

…just the tip of the tip of the iceberg. This, and far worse effects (like dying a nasty death) have been known since before the 1960s (see "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson). The truth is, millions of years of evolution have provided inexpensive and effective natural means of regulating pest populations, but pesticides are petroleum based, so …

Don't believe it? See http://www.madeho...ide.html
Quoting from there:

Active ingredients [in pesticides] were once distilled from natural substances; now they are largely synthesized in a laboratory. Almost all are hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.

If you want to see children die slow horrible deaths while their internal organs literally try to digest themselves due to starvation....then, by all means, stop using pesticides....

@Modernmystic

And you accuse Ryg of having a black and white view of he world.

I think that we can agree that we're using pesticides in an inefficient manner and because of this we're putting undue strain on the environment because of overuse.
I think we can agree that there are farming techniques, that can be applied to an industrial scale, that would limit the use of pesticides to a minimum.

I hope we can agree that although neonics are an amazing family of pesticides that we have plenty of studies showing that they are having an unintentional and devastating effect on pollinators.

And I think that we have enough historic evidence to assume that industry will try to protect its assets and will use its lobbying power to delay any law or regulation that would hit its bottom line.

So... Who's saying that we have to stop using pesticides? I believe the commentators above were speaking about neonics. There are farming techniques and we have sustainable alternatives that we could use.

If you want to see children die slow horrible deaths while their internal organs literally try to digest themselves due to starvation

MM, I've seen that throughout my entire life and it's not because there's a shortage of food, and not because of pesticide use. Wake up. Please.

@Oldfart

This "review" was funded by a charity that also supports "organic" foods, regardless of the fact that all foods are organic and so-called "organic" foods are no different from regular foods. And, of course, they got what their money paid for. Do you think for one minute if this "review" had produced evidence that pesticides were not as harmful as people think, they would have published it? Nah. But, that is not the only problem with this study which, as I understand it, is not even published yet.

Really?

"Analysing two decades of reports on the topic, an international panel of 29 scientists found there was "clear evidence of harm" from use of two pesticide types, neonicotinoids and fipronil."

If you want to see children die slow horrible deaths while their internal organs literally try to digest themselves due to starvation....then, by all means, stop using pesticides....

@MM
to piggy back on Protoplasmix... it (starvation) is also happening today in modern countries that are considered rich... like America.
So.. if we KNOW American's support the use of pesticides and that we use them regularly, and we KNOW that there is organics here as well, and we KNOW that we provide food for other countries, and we KNOW there is an abundance, and yet we ALSO KNOW that children right here in the US starve to death regularly (from homeless kids to abused ones)... what is the point of your argument?
it WILL exist, whether we use pesticides or not, as it exists already...

I can give you a few reservations to visit and you will see poverty that you thought only existed in 3rd world countries if you like. put things into perspective...?