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Common insecticides a growing threat to bird populations

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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 zoologyDr. Pamela Rasmussenabout the class of insecticides containing neonicotinoids.

 

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