To learn which pesticides do the most damage, see these links:
- Pesticide Toxicity Profile: Neonicotinoid Pesticides - a publication of the University of Florida describing the negative effects this class of pesticides has on various animal species, including humans.
- Neonics in Your Garden - a consumer-oriented fact sheet from the Xerces society identifying pesticides that contain neonicotinoid chemicals by their commercial names.
- Bee Killing Pesticides Found in Garden Plants - an NBC news report citing a study from Friends of the Earth claiming that nionicotinoids used on commercially-grown plants pose a continuing threat to bees.
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