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Peter Burgess

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) 622 members Member Information and settingsShare group DiscussionsPromotionsJobsMembersSearch Your comment has been posted successfully. Close Jae Mather Follow Jae Canadian beekeepers sue crop pesticide makers for $400 million. Jae Mather Non-Executive Director Newform Energy Canadian beekeepers sue makers of neonicotinoid pesticides cbc.ca Canadian beekeepers are suing the makers of popular crop pesticides for more than $400 million in damages, alleging that their use is causing the deaths of bee colonies. Like Comment (1) Share Unfollow Reply Privately1 day ago Comments 1 comment Peter Burgess Peter Burgess Founder/CEO at TrueValueMetrics developing Multi Dimension Impact Accounting Good news ... back in May CBC published more at this link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bee-researchers-raise-more-warning-flags-about-neonicotinoid-pesticides-1.2644354 The bigger issue is the huge damage arising as a result of agricultural practices that seem good for profit, but are creating all sorts of other problems because a range of externalities are routinely ignored. The role of pesticides in doing collateral damage is of great concern, and issues like GMOs and carefully engineered seed and herbicides. In the food chain all sorts of chemicals are finding their way into our foods which may explain the growing number of health issues that seem to be on the rise. Technology is amazing ... but its impact may be good for profit, but not at all good in this case for the other important capitals, especially human capital and natural capital. Peter Burgess