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A comment on Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides: study. Parent comment

Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by bryanlarsen on Sunday August 11, 2019 @01:28PM (#20669246)
They have used pest control measures for that entire time. Primarily tillage which contributed heavily to the desertification of the area.
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Re:Insect 'apocalypse' in U.S. driven by 50x increase in tox... by superpermutat0r on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:32PM (#20669944)
Yeah, of course there are going to be pests. They used trial and error and the errors were local.
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