{"id":15586,"date":"2017-03-20T20:31:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15586"},"modified":"2024-07-01T23:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T13:29:31","slug":"we-dont-need-bee-killing-pesticides-to-feed-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15586","title":{"rendered":"We don&#8217;t need bee-killing pesticides to feed the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PeopleBeforeProfits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-15587\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PeopleBeforeProfits-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"PeopleBeforeProfits\" width=\"764\" height=\"494\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFor decades, agro-chemical corporations like Bayer have been trying to convince us that we need bee-killing neonicotinoids, and that humans simply can\u2019t feed ourselves without them. A scathing UN report just called that story a complete \u201cmyth.\u201d<br \/>\nThis report on pesticides is a bombshell. Its expert authors say in no uncertain terms: the \u201cmyth\u201d that humans need any pesticides &#8212; not just neonics &#8212; to feed the world is being spread by the \u201cunethical\u201d practices of global corporations who consistently deny the science showing the harms of using these toxins to grow our food.<br \/>\nAccording to the UN experts, science confirms that pesticides are likely making us sick. What\u2019s more, corporations know this but do nothing about it. They know and do nothing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/actions.sumofus.org\/a\/report-we-don-t-need-bee-killing-pesticides-to-feed-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/actions.sumofus.org\/a\/report-we-don-t-need-bee-killing-pesticides-to-feed-the-world\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, agro-chemical corporations like Bayer have been trying to convince us that we need bee-killing neonicotinoids, and that humans simply can\u2019t feed ourselves without them. A scathing UN report just called that story a complete \u201cmyth.\u201d This report on pesticides is a bombshell. Its expert authors say in no uncertain terms: the \u201cmyth\u201d that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=15586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;We don&#8217;t need bee-killing pesticides to feed the world&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52352,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15586\/revisions\/52352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}