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Chemical agriculture and pollinators: signs of a Planet in danger

Biomonitoring with bees. Environmental indicators of food security and health: climate, biodiversity, energy, fertility, pesticides and genetic engineering.

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Pianeta in pericolo. Il biomonitoraggio con le api. Indicatori ambientali della sicurezza
alimentare e della salute: clima, biodiversità, energia, fertilità, pesticidi e ingegneria genetica.
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Table of Contents

INDEX
INTRODUCTION 1
Foreword 1
THE COMMON THREAD: POLLINATORS AND FOOD SAFETY 3
PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS 3
PART ONE
BEES BIOINDICATORS OF A WORLD IN DANGER 5
BEES AND BEEKEEPING 6
THE BEEKEEPING SECTOR IN THE WORLD AND IN ITALY 6
THE BEES GUARDIANS OF OUR FUTURE 8
A DISARMING GAP GENERATES THE SYNDROME OF CONSCIOUS BLINDNESS TO THE PLANNED DISASTER 9
THE BIOLOGY OF BEES (Apis mellifera): an example of a female society of tireless, organized and altruistic workers 11
THE POLLINATION SERVICE 17
HONEY 18
THE MELLIFEROUS POTENTIAL 20
THE MAIN CROPS POLLINATED BY BEES 22
SOME TYPES OF FRAUD INVOLVING HONEY 23
SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN HYMENOPTERA AND FIG PLANTS 24
HONEYDEW HONEY 24
BEESWAX IN THE FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL SECTORS 25
PROPOLIS 27
BEE BEHAVIOUR 27
BUMBLEBEES 31
HEREDITY AND SOCIALITY 32
ANTS: DIVISION OF LABOUR AND COOPERATION 33
BEES AND TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 38
BEES TRACKED BY MICRO-ANTENNAS 38
DETECTION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WITH BEES 40
ANTENNAS AND ELECTRONIC DETECTORS: THE BIOSENSORS 42
INSECT MACHINES: CYBERNETIC BEES 43
MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF BEEKEEPING 45
INTRODUCTION TO BIOMONITORING 47
THE BENEFITS OF BIOMONITORING 47
BIOMARKERS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE IN HUMANS 49
THE USE OF BEES AS BIO-INDICATORS 53
EXAMINATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE AIR INSIDE THE HIVE 56
HYPOTHESIS OF BIOMONITORING WITH BEES 59
CHARACTERISATION OF THE SITE WHERE BIOMONITORING IS TO BE CARRIED OUT 59
HOW MANY HIVES TO USE AND WHERE TO PLACE THEM 60
HIVE EQUIPPED WITH SENSORS TO GET INFORMATION ON THE STATE OF HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR OF BEES 60
INDICATORS FOR SAMPLING IN HIVES 62
WHICH HIVE MATRIX TO SAMPLE FOR METAL MONITORING 63
BIOMONITORING RADIONUCLIDES IN BEEHIVES 64
DETECT POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS 65
MONITORING OF PESTICIDES IN DIFFERENT BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 65
SOME INDICATIONS FOR BIOMONITORING 66
HONEY SAMPLES 67
WAX SAMPLES 68
BEE SAMPLES 68
POLLEN SAMPLES 69
PALYNOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN OF HONEY 70
ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES FOR COMPARISON 70
SUITABILITY OF DIFFERENT BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS FOR BIOMONITORING 71
BIOMONITORING AND CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT 74
SAMPLING OF BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 74
THE PREVENTION OF POSSIBLE INTERFERENCES 74
LABORATORY ANALYTICAL METHODS 75
THE USE OF MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS IN BEES 75
PESTICIDES: MANIFESTO OF UNSUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION 77
SOME MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF PESTICIDES 77
TOXICOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION 80
A BULLISH SELF-DESTRUCTIVE EXPERIMENT 80
THE BEST-SELLING HERBICIDE IN THE WORLD: GLYPHOSATE 85
DDT: THE INSECTICIDE THAT HELPED TO DEFEAT MALARIA 88
THE ORGANOPHOSPHATE AND CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES 89
PYRETHROIDS 90
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING INSECTICIDES 91
THE USE OF PLANT INSECTICIDES: NEONICOTINOIDS 91
NEONICOTINOIDS IN FLOWERS 94
NEONICOTINOIDS IN GUTTATION DROPS AND PLANT RESIN 96
POISONOUS SUBSTANCES AT VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS 97
THE SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS OF NEONICOTINOIDS ON BEES 98
A POISONOUS INSURANCE POLICY 100
THE POISONOUSNESS OF CERTAIN INSECTICIDES TO BEES 102
PESTICIDES IN PLANTS AND BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 104
PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION 104
PESTICIDES IN POLLEN 105
POLLEN CONTAMINATION AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF SEEDS IMPREGNATED WITH PESTICIDES 107
PESTICIDES IN NECTAR AND HONEYDEW 108
PESTICIDES IN THE DROPLETS 108
PESTICIDES IN THE WAX 110
PESTICIDES IN BEES DUE TO EXPOSURE IN THE FIELD 110
SPARKS OF AWARENESS: THE TOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON BEES AND OTHER BENEFICIAL INSECTS 112
INTRODUCTION 112
LIMITATIONS OF THE PREVENTIVE TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR BEES 114
SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON BEES 115
REDUCTION IN OLFACTORY LEARNING CAPACITY AND MEMORY 117
IMPAIRED ORIENTATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS 118
OTHER BEHAVIOURAL ALTERATIONS 120
IMMUNE AND ENDOCRINE PROBLEMS 120
ADVERSE EFFECTS ON REPRODUCTION 121
LIFE CYCLE ALTERATION 122
PESTICIDES WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION 122
OTHER ALTERATIONS 123
INFINETISAMAL QUANTITIES DAMAGE THE BUMBLEBEES 126
LOW-DOSE EXPOSURES IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL INSECTS 127
CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS 130
PESTICIDES USED IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 131
GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS WITH AN INSECTICIDAL ACTION 132
UNAVOIDABLE MULTIPLE EXPOSURES 133
INTRODUCTION TO SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS 135
SOME SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS 138
RISK ASSESSMENT IS NOT SIMPLE 142
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR OTHER POLLINATORS 143
PESTICIDES THAT ARE CERTAINLY VERY DANGEROUS FOR BEES 145
BEES BIOINDICATORS OF UNSUSTAINABLE CHEMICAL AGRICULTURE 147
WORLDWIDE BIOMONITORING ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER MOLECULES SUCH AS PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) 147
INVESTIGATIONS IN ITALY INTO PESTICIDES AND OTHER MOLECULES SUCH AS POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) 174
CONTAMINATION OF BEES DURING SOWING 183
CONCLUSIONS 185
METAL CONTAMINATION 186
METAL POLLUTION IN SOIL 186
METALS IN BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 188
INTERNATIONAL SURVEYS ON METALS IN BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 190
SOME ITALIAN RESULTS ON THE MONITORING OF METALS IN BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 195
THE DETECTION OF RADIOACTIVITY 198
MONITORING METAL CONTAMINATION WITH ANTS 199
MONITORING OTHER POLLUTANTS, MICROORGANISMS AND DISEASES 201
BIOMONITORING OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN PLANTS 201
BIOMONITORING OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN BEEKEEPING PRODUCTS 202
MICROORGANISMS IN HONEY 205
ANTIBIOTICS IN HONEY 206
MONITORING OF PLANT DISEASES WITH BEES 208
REFLECTIONS ON BIOMONITORING 210
EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES: THE DEADLY FACE OF PROGRESS 210
SOME PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS 211
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE FIELD 213
PESTICIDES: THE IGNORED KNOWLEDGE ON LONG KNOWN DANGERS 216
IF EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE, THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES A LUXURY 216
INTRODUCTION TO PESTICIDE DAMAGE 216
DETERMINATION OF THE ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK 217
PESTICIDES ARE TOXIC SUBSTANCES 219
PESTICIDES INTERFERE WITH THE HORMONAL SYSTEM 224
PESTICIDES AND THYROID 227
ALTERATIONS IN MALE FERTILITY 227
UNDERESTIMATED KNOWLEDGE 228
HONEY AND PESTICIDES 232
NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES 233
RESPIRATORY PATHOLOGIES 237
THE ANTIBIOTIC ACTION OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDES 238
GLYPHOSATE AND INTESTINAL MICROORGANISMS 239
MICROORGANISMS IN THE SOIL 240
GLYPHOSATE AND THE RHIZOSPHERE 241
CANCER 242
THE SPREAD OF CANCER IN EUROPE AND ITALY 243
TOBACCO SMOKING AND LIFESTYLES 245
PESTICIDES AND CANCER 248
THE CANCER CENSUS 251
MULTIPLE CONTAMINATIONS FROM EARLY STAGES OF LIFE 252
SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS 253
ACCIDENTS 255
SOME LIMITATIONS OF PREVENTIVE TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION 256
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 258
INEFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS 259
THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION 259
THE CHALLENGE OF HEALTHCARE COSTS: INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES 261
PESTICIDE SALES DATA IN ITALY AND WATER MONITORING 263
CENSUS OF PESTICIDE USE: AN ORGANIZED BLINDNESS 268
CHOICES TO IMITATE 269
COUNTERACTING AVOIDABLE CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION 269
BEE AS AMBASSADORS OF AN ENDANGERED WORLD 272
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF BEES 272
COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER, OR THE SYNDROME OF CONSCIOUS BLINDNESS OF A PLANNED DISASTER 276
MULTIFACTORIAL DILUTION 278
INEFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF RISK PREVENTION FOR BEES: vested interests instead of the common good 280
POLLUTION CONTAMINATES WILD FLOWERS, BIRDS AND SOIL INVERTEBRATES 284
PESTICIDES ARE PERSISTENT 287
PESTICIDE RESISTANCE 289
MISINFORMATION IS MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE 289
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE FOR DEMOCRACY 294
AN ALARMING GAP BETWEEN THE RESOURCES IN THE FIELD 298
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN PROTECTING COLLECTIVE INTERESTS IS CONSTANTLY BEING UNDERMINED 298
UNDEMOCRATIC TRADE AGREEMENTS 302
REDUCTIONISM GENERATED BY HYPER-SPECIALIZATION 303
PART TWO
REFLECTIONS ON ECOLOGICAL UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND CHOICES AGAINST NATURE 305
BEYOND ECOLOGICAL LIMITS 306
BANKRUPT NATURE AND OPERATIONAL SPACE FOR HUMANITY 306
THE SKY BELONGS TO EVERYONE 309
THE FINAL CENTURY: PLANETARY LIMITS AND FOOD SECURITY 310
UNSUSTAINABLE APPROPRIATION OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION 313
THE CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY GENERATED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS: THE SUN BURIED 316
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE AND SOME PLANETARY LIMITS: CLIMATE, WATER AND SOIL 317
AGRICULTURE IS AN INDUSTRY THAT CONVERTS OIL INTO FOOD. 319
MORE THAN 50% OF THE VEGETABLES GROWN WILL FEED NO ONE 320
THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE HUMAN SPECIES: WE SHOULD BECOME MORE VEGETARIAN 321
THE OCEANS ARE IN DANGER 324
THE DILEMMA BETWEEN INFINITE GROWTH AND THE NON-MATERIAL DIMENSION OF PROSPERITY 325
ECOCIDE: THE ECONOMY ACCEPTS NO LIMITS 330
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 332
ENERGY 333
THE HIDDEN EXTERNALITIES OF GREEN CAPITALISM 336
CLIMATE CHANGE 342
AIR POLLUTION AND ROAD TRANSPORT 342
CLIMATE CHANGE: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE 344
GAMBLING WITH THE FUTURE 347
THE CARBON CYCLE 348
THE AWAKENING OF THE GIANTS 349
CLIMATE CHANGE DAMAGES BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SAFETY 350
THE FREQUENCY OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS IS INCREASING 352
CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLINATORS AND FOOD SAFETY 353
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ZOONOSES 355
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION AND TROPOSPHERIC OZONE INCREASE 355
DISTRACTING ATTENTION WITH SCIENTIFICALLY AND MORALLY INCORRECT DISCLOSURES 356
FIGHTING IGNORANCE AND INEQUALITIES TO SAFEGUARD ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH 359
IRREVERSIBLE SOIL DEGRADATION 362
SOIL IS A PRECIOUS AND NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE 362
LIVESTOCK, FERTILIZERS, AND SOIL 364
FERTILIZATION AND METAL INPUT 366
COMPOST: FERTILIZATION OR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES? 368
THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE SOIL ARE UNDERESTIMATED 372
FERTILITY AND FOOD SAFETY ARE CLOSELY LINKED: ZERO LAND CONSUMPTION IS NEEDED. 374
CONTAMINATION OF SOIL AND WATER BY NEONICOTINOIDS 376
ALTERATION OF THE BIO-GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS 378
PREVENTION OF SOIL DEGRADATION 379
WATER: A PRECIOUS ASSET TO SAFEGUARD 383
WATER, A UNIVERSAL RIGHT, NOT A COMMODITY 383
THE WATER CYCLE 384
WATER AND AGRICULTURE 386
NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND EUTROPHICATION 387
STEROID HORMONES IN THE WATER 388
ANTIBIOTIC CONTAMINATION 389
PESTICIDES CONTAMINATE WATER DANGEROUSLY 390
SOME DERIVATIVES AND METABOLITES OF PESTICIDES THAT CAN CONTAMINATE WATER (and not only) 401
WE MUST DEPLASTICIZE OUR LIVES 406
THE ACIDIFICATION OF THE OCEANS 411
UNSUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF THE SEAS 411
NON-RENEWABLE USE OF WATER RESOURCES 413
GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS: A PROGRAMMED ENSLAVEMENT 415
GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS 415
THE PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE PLANTS 418
AN EXEMPLARY PROJECT OF PLANNED SLAVERY: THE HYBRID CORN 419
THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS 422
ENERGIES FROM BIOMASSES: AGRO-METHANE OR BIOGAS 424
MANY AGAINST A FEW 424
THE PRODUCTION OF AGRO-METHANE 425
THE ADVANTAGES OF ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION 427
AGRO-METHANE FROM CEREALS AND LIVESTOCK MANURE 429
THE SUPPLY OF A BIOGAS PLANT 430
THE ENERGY BALANCE OF MAIZE PRODUCTION 431
THE ENERGY BALANCE IN THE BIOGAS CHAIN 432
REFLECTIONS ON SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF AGRO-METHANE FROM CEREALS 435
THE BIOLOGICAL RISK IS UNDERESTIMATED 439
GENEROUS AND UNSUCCESSFUL INCENTIVES 441
THE BUREAUCRATIC MACHINE DID NOT PROTECT THE COMMUNITY 445
THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN EXAMPLE OF PLANNED ECOCIDE 446
AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER: THE IRREVERSIBLE DESTRUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY 448
PARADISE IS A GARDEN 448
WE HAVE ENTERED THE AGE OF LONELINESS 452
SOME CAUSES OF NON-HUMAN EXTINCTION 455
LOST PARADISES: DEFORESTATION AND BIODIVERSITY 456
INSECT BIODIVERSITY IS IN DECLINE 457
BIODIVERSITY AND FOOD SAFETY 461
POLLINATORS AND FOOD SAFETY 464
THE LOSS OF FOOD SOVEREIGNTY INCREASES INSECURITY 467
SUB-LETHAL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON WILDLIFE 467
BIRDS AND POLLINATORS SHARE THE SAME FATAL DESTINY 469
THE DOMESTICATION OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE IN ITALY 472
HUNTING IN ITALY 474
POLLINATORS IN ITALY 475
ARTIFICIAL COMPETITIONS BETWEEN POLLINATORS 476
ECOSYSTEMS THREATENED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF ALIEN SPECIES 480
ALIEN SPECIES 480
THE VULNERABILITY OF ECOSYSTEMS TO THE INTRODUCTION OF ALIEN SPECIES 481
THE INVASION BY NON-NATIVE SPECIES IN EUROPE 482
VITICULTURE AND THE (ALIEN) VECTOR INSECT OF FLAVESCENCE DORÉE: UNSUSTAINABLE CHOICES 485
NON-NATIVE SPECIES IN AMERICA 487
THE INVASION OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA 488
THE SPREAD OF CERTAIN INSECT-BORNE DISEASES 489
SOME FACTORS FAVOURING THE ARTIFICIAL SPREAD OF SPECIES 490
THE VOLUNTARY INTRODUCTION OF ALIEN SPECIES FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PURPOSES 492
QUANTIFYING AND MONETIZING MAN'S DOMINION OVER NATURE 493
THE VILLAGE OF PROGRAMMED BIOLOGICAL DESTINY 495
OTHER PROBABLE FUTURE DISASTERS: GENETIC ENGINEERING 495
BIOTECHNOLOGY OPENS UP NEW FRONTIERS 496
APPLICATIONS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE: GENE THERAPY 499
GENE THERAPY IS NOW A REALITY: THE CASE OF THE STRIMVELIS TREATMENT 500
A FAILURE: THE GLYBERA TREATMENT 501
ZOLGENSMA GENE THERAPY 501
LUXTURNA GENE THERAPY 502
ZYNTEGLO GENE THERAPY 502
ARTIFICIAL HUMAN SELECTION: PROGRAMMING ONE'S OWN GENETIC DESTINY 503
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION 504
CHILDREN FROM THREE PARENTS 504
HUMANS GENETICALLY MODIFIED WITH THE CRISPR SYSTEM 505
WILL BIOTECHNOLOGY HELP US OR MAKE THINGS WORSE? 506
TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT INFALLIBLE 507
EDITING MICROORGANISMS 508
DESIGNING HUMAN EMBRYOS: WILL THE DREAM OF THE PERFECT CHILD COME TRUE? 508
ASTONISHING AND FRIGHTENING APPLICATIONS: IT IS NEITHER SUSTAINABLE NOR REASONABLE TO MAKE EVERYTHING YOU CAN 511
GENETICALLY MODIFIED HONEYBEES 516
MOSQUITOES HAVE INFLUENCED THE FATE OF MANKIND 519
UNNATURAL SELECTION: THE GENETIC CONTROL OF INVASIVE SPECIES OR SPECIES CLASSIFIED AS HARMFUL 522
THE FARM WITH THE HUMANIZED GENETIC PROGRAMME 531
HABITS THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO BEEKEEPING AND AGRICULTURE 533
INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE LEADS TO A LACK OF NUTRIENTS FOR POLLINATORS 533
MIGRATORY BEEKEEPERS: BLIND OPTIMISM AND SELECTIVE DEAFNESS 535
THE NOMADISM OF BUMBLEBEES: A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT 536
BEEKEEPING DEPLETES THE FOOD RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OTHER POLLINATORS 537
SOME IMPORTANT ENEMIES OF BEES 539
MODERN BEEKEEPING PROMOTES THE SPREAD OF DISEASES 541
LIMITING NOMADISM 543
THE ANTHROPOCENTRIC GENETIC SELECTION REDUCES BIODIVERSITY 545
UNNATURAL PRACTICES 549
MONETIZING NATURE'S ESSENTIAL SERVICES: A REDUCTIVE AND ANTI-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH 552
THE ESSENTIAL POLLINATION SERVICE FOR FOOD SAFETY 552
DIFFERENT PLANTS BENEFIT FROM DIFFERENT POLLINATORS 553
THE ECONOMIC ESTIMATE OF THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY POLLINATORS 555
MONETIZING THE NATURAL CAPITAL IS REDUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS: COMMON GOODS MUST BE PROTECTED 557
ANOTHER VISION OF THE WORLD MUST BE POSSIBLE 558
DO SOMETHING NEW WITH THE OLD AND IMITATE NATURE 563
SIGNALS HAVE BEEN WARNING US FOR SOME TIME 563
THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMON GOODS 564
HORRORS OF JUDICIAL REPORTING ON BIOLOGICAL DAMAGE FROM ARSENIC 567
EXPLORING NEW SOLUTIONS IS A NECESSITY 568
BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS 569
RESTORING AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS TO A SEMI-NATURAL STATE 570
INCREASING THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL OF THE ENEMIES OF CROP PESTS 573
ENCOURAGING MOSAIC AGRO-SYSTEMS 574
POLYCULTURE IS ECOLOGICALLY BENEFICIAL 575
THE ANNUAL CROP ROTATION DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES 576
THE SPREAD OF NATURAL CORRIDORS 577
IMITATING NATURAL ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSIONS 583
CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION FAVOURS CERTAIN CROP PESTS 583
REDUCING THE USE OF PESTICIDES 584
THE LIMITS OF THE TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATION 588
AUTHORITATIVE DISCLOSURE THAT IS SCIENTIFICALLY INCOMPLETE AND ETHICALLY INCORRECT 590
ORGANIC FARMING HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES 591
ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE CAN HELP MITIGATE THE CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE 593
INTEGRATED AND ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN BEEKEEPING 595
MAKE THE COMMUNITY ECO-LITERATE 598
THE CONCENTRATION OF FOOD SUPPLY 603
LABELLING AND ADVERTISING 604
THE GLOBALIZATION OF INDIFFERENCE 606
STOPPING THE WHIRLPOOL OF THE INESSENTIAL 609
IT IS NOT YET TOO LATE: we are the architects of our own destiny 611
THANKS 615
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES INDICATED IN THE TEXT 617

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AGRICOLTURA CHIMICA E IMPOLLINATORI: SEGNALI DI UN PIANETA IN PERICOLO
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Bees, these extraordinary creatures that have inhabited the Planet for over 100 million years, are the common thread that tells the story of various ecological challenges such as the reduction of biodiversity, climate change, soil degradation, and energy transition. When the most presumptuous species on the Planet interferes with the course of nature, it causes serious damage, altering the possibility of survival of non-humans, such as the pollinators, without understanding that this is actually a self-destructive ecocide. Paradoxically, agriculture, which is one of the activities most closely dependent on a healthy biosphere, is one of the major causes of irreversible and, therefore, unsustainable changes such as global warming and the extinction of pollinators from which it derives its benefits and wealth. The massive use of fossil fuels, the distribution of poisons such as pesticides (which are persistent, toxic, and bioaccumulative), the loss of fertility in monocultures of plants selected to satisfy economic needs (e.g. genetically modified organisms), are some of the main causes of an ecologically unsustainable food production system. There is no more time, we cannot afford to waste economic resources such as those dedicated to the production of agrofuels (maize cultivated to obtain methane, biogas) and genetically modified plants (e.g. those made resistant to herbicides); we must take a step backwards in the way we manage natural resources. One species can only thrive if all the others are healthy, we must embrace this principle. This book tries to show a different vision of the World we are building, a story full of backstories and full of underestimated dangers.

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