Common insecticides a growing threat to bird populations

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published March 29, 2013 at 4:43 PM EDT

The American Bird Conservancy released a report last week calling for a ban on widely-used insecticides suspected of damage to bird and aquatic populations.

WKAR’s Peter Whorf speaks with MSU assistant professor of zoology Dr. Pamela Rasmussen about the class of insecticides containing neonicotinoids.

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