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Italian beekeepers' hunger strike over pesticides
Italian beekeepers' hunger strike over pesticides
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Aug 2, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Italian beekeepers Renato Bologna and Marisa Valente have vowed to 'eat like bees' in protest against the use of neonicotinoids. They say that they now have scientific proof that pesticides are killing their bees, and they want the Italian govenment to take action to ban neonicotinoids on all crops. At present, their use is only banned on maize.
I spoke to Renato, whose English is a lot better than my Italian, and you can hear the result in today's podcast.
PLEASE SUPPORT Renato and Marisa by going to their web site and signing their petition - http://www.rfb.it/bastaveleni/adesioni.htm
The front page of their site is here - http://www.rfb.it/bastaveleni If you do not speak Italian, I suggest using Google Chrome to view it and click the 'translate' button at the top.
I spoke to Renato, whose English is a lot better than my Italian, and you can hear the result in today's podcast.
PLEASE SUPPORT Renato and Marisa by going to their web site and signing their petition - http://www.rfb.it/bastaveleni/adesioni.htm
The front page of their site is here - http://www.rfb.it/bastaveleni If you do not speak Italian, I suggest using Google Chrome to view it and click the 'translate' button at the top.
Released:
Aug 2, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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