Thursday, November 9, 7:00 pm via Zoom

Neonics, the Toxic Truth: The Pesticides Threatening Bees, Birds and Our Health

Dan Raichel, Acting Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Pollinator initiative, will explain dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides -- AKA neonics -- to pollinators, biodiversity, and our own health as well as neonics’ surprising prevalence in our environment.
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This webinar will explain the science behind the threats posed by neonicotinoid pesticides, aka neonics, to pollinators, biodiversity, and our own health as well as neonics’ surprising prevalence in our environment.  This popular pesticide contaminates our soil, water, and plant life on an unprecedented scale.  Science is telling us that neonics have been driving mass losses of birds and bees, raising alarm bells for a whole host of wildlife, clean water, and the health of all New Yorkers.

Bio: Dan Raichel is Acting Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Pollinator initiative, which focuses on protecting our nation’s bee populations from the ever-growing threats to their health and existence—in particular, the use of bee-toxic pesticides.  Raichel was formerly co-director of NRDC’s Community Fracking Defense Project and an advocate for the cleanup of industrial pollution in the New York region.