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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Anecdotal. I would rather not hear about pesticide salesmanship. Thanks.<br><br>Roger Kuhlman<br>Ann Arbor, Michigan<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: monarch@saber.net<br>Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:54:43 -0700<br>To: leps-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>Subject: Re: [Leps-l] The Xerces Society Announces the 2016 Joan Mosenthal DeWind Award Winners<br><br><br><div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Monarch butterflies
are undergoing a long-term population decline.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">Although different factors are
hypothesized to cause this decline,</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">one potential factor is the exposure of
their milkweed host plants</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">to neonicotinoid insecticides when growing in close
proximity to</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;">agricultural fields. </span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The wildflowers and syriaca milkweed plants that are growing next to </div><div>the vast corn and soybean fields in the upper Midwest are teaming </div><div>with monarch butterflies, other butterflies and bumblebees like this</div><div>despite the fact that those crops are grown from neonicotinoid coated</div><div>seeds:</div><div><br></div><div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DOoPdnTepKok&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=IR1Eur62NF465yg8v4j0Y7W4Gf7I10i1AMCgOr3hn3Q&s=5F1ShoDKKCj5OLh0dPg4X2NYdp4j0gfKj6s_U6Ou1cg&e=" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoPdnTepKok</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DqeC8-2DrnxenI&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=IR1Eur62NF465yg8v4j0Y7W4Gf7I10i1AMCgOr3hn3Q&s=zGk8LyF_DKu8FxVLtFIoPKdDTb9ekspRaxM5maTOOds&e=" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeC8-rnxenI</a></div><div><br></div><div>So it would be a real stretch look a midwestern farmer in the eye with a </div><div>straight face and say: �mind if we use your property to try and determine</div><div>if the neonicotinoid insecticides you use might be a significant cause of </div><div>the midwestern monarch population decline?�</div><div><br></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Paul Cherubini</span></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">El Dorado, Calif.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><br>_______________________________________________
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