Re:Where have all the insects gone?
by lolsal on Friday May 12, 2017 @12:38PM
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The claim was that the generic actor 'pesticides' could not be proven to be the cause of the general decline for these specific tests and locations. No one was asserting that insecticides could not be proven to be responsible for killing insects.
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The statement is very amusing though since vast sections of our country use pesticides for their intended purpose. It is not hard to find pesticide traces in every part of our country. Especially near cities where almost every landscape and pond is sprayed.
On the coast it is very common to see "foggers" driving around spraying pesticides in the air hoping to flood the area with enough chemicals to kill all the mosquitoes.