John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon

John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon
There's no reason for concern about the mass death of bees through Colony Collapse Disorder. No reason at all unless you happen to be a plant who relies on pollination or a living being who is planning to sustain life by eating food. If you don't fall into either of those categories, you might want to increase your stock in German agribusiness giant Bayer.

A document leaked on Wednesday disclosed that the Bush Administration's Environmental Protection Agency approved use of this pesticide in spite of the fact that there was clear scientific evidence that it represented a serious threat to bees. It has been in use since 2003, used broadly to treat corn. Agribusiness conglomerates have blanketed the midwest with corn monoculture over nearly 100 million acres. That's a lot of bee poison.