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Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides

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Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides | Minnesota Public Radio News

A top federal bee scientist from South Dakota says he's being punished for publicizing work on pesticides and pollinators. Jonathan Lundgren's research found bees and monarch butterflies can be harmed by a widely used class of insecticides. In a whistleblower case filed Wednesday, the United States Agriculture Department entomologist alleges he faced retaliation because of his research. "Once he started publishing this work, he went from golden boy to pariah, and that's what this case is about," said Jeff Ruch, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing Lundgren in his complaint to a federal whistleblower protection board.

Lundgren's 11-year career at USDA appeared stellar. He had excellent performance reviews. USDA even named him its Outstanding Early Career Research Scientist in 2011. The complaint says that all changed when Lundgren began to study how neonicotinoid insecticides affect bees and other beneficial insects. His research and work travel fell under intense scrutiny and he was suspended for violating agency protocols. Ruch contends that pressure from the pesticide industry has led USDA to stifle scientists like Lundgren. He had no evidence, but said the complaint will let attorneys seek information and interview USDA officials about the Lundgren case. He believes that work will prove USDA targeted Lundgren because of his neonicotinoid research.
 
What do you expect from our authoritarian government?

Comply.... or else!

Just look at how climatologists that disagree with the AGW agenda are treated.
 
That's right... You don't f@@@ with Monsanto, they've spent 30+ years getting their people into government to pass laws favourable to the company.

You think some pissant bee keeper is going to interfere with their goal to be the ONLY food company for the world?
 
What do you expect from our authoritarian government?

Comply.... or else!

Just look at how climatologists that disagree with the AGW agenda are treated.

Yep! Obama is crushing the 97 percent of scientists' careers for believing in global warming.
 
Yep! Obama is crushing the 97 percent of scientists' careers for believing in global warming.

Did we just enter an episode of the twilight zone?
 
Did we just enter an episode of the twilight zone?

What a bunch of meat heads! Can't publish scientific work, can't label GMO's, at the EPA they crap in a bucket instead of using the toilet, we don't take care of our veterans, the oceans are warming and rising, psychos shoot people, Isil can't win and neither can I (good thing for me.)
 
What do you expect from our authoritarian government?

Comply.... or else!

Just look at how climatologists that disagree with the AGW agenda are treated.

Right. Claiming a common practice is harmful is definitely something us silly environmentalists can't stand.
 
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