-->“The cascading impacts of our pesticide usage is poisoning the Web of Life;
We must stop recklessly approving them at the behest of chemical companies.”

Jonathan Evans
The Center for Biological Diversity



Today, we all sadly know that our honey bees are dying
But a new study indicates that our birds are now dying, too
This study links the deaths of our birds and bees, to chemicals
We cater to chemical companies, more and more toxins we use

And unbelievably, in our supposedly ‘advanced modern nation’
We still allow pesticides, that have been banned in other countries
We allow the huge chemical corporations to tell us what toxins to use
Even though numerous studies have shown that they are killing our bees

And now, a new study says that our birds are declining, by four percent a year
Because they are now eating poisoned insects, and also toxin-poisoned seeds
Back in 1962, Rachel Carson warned us of the devastating effects of chemicals
Which were killing our birds like Bald Eagles, so we finally banned the use of DDT

But the toxic pesticides and herbicides that we now use in the U.S., instead of DDT
Are now being shown, to have even more devastating effects, than that chemical had
These chemicals are ‘Neonicotinoids’ which are even more deadly, and kill everything
But our own government allows their wide usage here, which to me is so extremely sad

If we Americans hope to leave a nature-healthy nation to our future generations yet to come
We all have to start demanding that our leaders protect the environment, over corporate greed
We have to start demanding, that the food both we and our vanishing wildlife consume is safe
Or we will eventually reside in a poisoned landscape, devoid of all wildlife, fish, birds, and bees


Pesticides and birds: If this horrific story sounds familiar, it's probably because Rachel Carson wrote about it way back in 1962. Carson's seminal Silent Spring was the first popular attempt to warn the world that pesticide usage was contributing to the "sudden silencing of the song of birds." Back then, her warnings were about DDT. Today, she would have been warning us about these deadly Neonicotinoids, which are now widely used throughout our nation.

Across America today, our bee colonies are collapsing and scientists are pointing to toxic pesticides as a cause. Unless things change soon, we won't have enough bees to pollinate many of our important crops, including almonds, apples, squash, melons, blueberries, plums, and peaches. Yet in the midst of this bee crisis, our government continues to approve highly toxic bee-killing pesticides for widespread use.

And now, our magnificent song birds are dying, too.

©July 2014, Mr. Ed