WILDLIFE REFUGES TO ALLOW GM CROPS AND NEONIC INSECTICIDES
Reversal of National Ban Threatens Pollinators and Other Wildlife in Their Refuges
Posted on Aug 06, 2018 | Tags: FWS, GMO, insecticides
Washington, DC ? The Trump administration has opened national wildlife refuges up to genetically modified crops and powerful pesticides, reversing a ban adopted under Obama, according to a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) memo posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In 2014, the agency had banned both GM crops and neonicotinoid pesticides throughout the entire National Wildlife Refuge System citing adverse effects on pollinators and non-target wildlife...
Reversal of National Ban Threatens Pollinators and Other Wildlife in Their Refuges
Posted on Aug 06, 2018 | Tags: FWS, GMO, insecticides
Washington, DC ? The Trump administration has opened national wildlife refuges up to genetically modified crops and powerful pesticides, reversing a ban adopted under Obama, according to a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) memo posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In 2014, the agency had banned both GM crops and neonicotinoid pesticides throughout the entire National Wildlife Refuge System citing adverse effects on pollinators and non-target wildlife...