English rivers polluted by neonicotinoids, first tests reveal

Re:English rivers polluted by neonicotinoids, first tests re... by pjc50 on Friday December 15, 2017 @07:05AM (#15931226)

There are definitely people who are anti-environmentalist, for whatever reason - seeing the environmentalists as on the other side of the culture war. The environment itself is not at issue, just the opposition to those humans who are in favour of environmental protection.

Resulting in stupid stunts like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal which really is pollution for its own sake.

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Re:English rivers polluted by neonicotinoids, first tests re... by ptaipale on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:13AM (#15932339)

Or, the opposition to those humans who they perceive are using shoddy claims of being in favour of environmental protection when advocating for other reasons their policies which might in fact be harmful for environment.

Typical examples of this culture war are nuclear power and GMO agriculture. The scientific consensus is settled: using GMOs in agriculture would be better for environment, but nevertheless it is the "environmentalists" who particularly oppose them.

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Re:English rivers polluted by neonicotinoids, first tests re... by pjc50 on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:35AM (#15932486)

> The scientific consensus is settled

Is it? I'm not aware of the GMO counterpart of the IPCC here and, unlike the question of global warming, there is a problem with Monsanto-funded studies muddying the waters.

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Re:English rivers polluted by neonicotinoids, first tests re... by ptaipale on Sunday December 17, 2017 @10:27AM (#15946077)

There is a rather good summary of the settled science here:

http://nas-sites.org/ge-crops/2016/05/17/report/

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