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According to Jon Entine a senior fellow at the World Food Center Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy at the University of California-Davis big chemical company like Bayer and Syngenta stated that “neonicotinoids aren't the main reason for bees population to decrease with diseases.” Bayer and Syngenta even made a test by having two groups of bees. One group of bees being exposed to neonics and other group not being exposed. “ Even at the highest dose of pesticide exposure, the researchers found no difference in the performance of the treated and untreated hives”(USDA). Neonics is not the main reason why bees are dying and developing Colony Collapse Disorder. According to this publisher Tom Turner for this organization Earthjustice …show more content…
According to Nick Sanchez a publisher for Newsmax "We have fully applied the precautionary ban on the use of neonicotinoids introduced by the EU, and we make decisions on pesticides based on the science only once the regulators are satisfied they are safe to people and the environment.” This Temporary ban on neonic is a good sign for beekeepers and small businesses or perhaps not really. According to this publisher Damian Carrington from British national daily newspaper The Guardian “ Neonics last in the environment for years, so even if we stopped using them completely, it would be a long while before we saw any benefit”. All the damage Neonics done to our environment and bees until it was late to see any benefits from temporary banning neonics. We are just gonna have to wait and see the results on bees’ population and health.

EPA has been trying to ban neonics because of the deadly consequences to bees and environment. But with the help and pressure of of small businesses, companies and Obama Administration office it can be done. Neonics can be ban worldwide to protect bees so the environment would be impacted due to loss of bees. The problem is that the ban has been too late to see any positive results due to all the damage neonics have done to bees around the world but time would only

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