Small Blue Marble : a new approach to pesticide research

Small Blue Marble is a new charity formed by a group of UK beekeepers committed to supporting the environment and the long term pesticide research work of Dr Henk Tennekes, a Dutch toxicologist.

Kate Canning, a T&TVBKA Member, writes:
"It is now clear that pesticide risk assessment may require entirely new approaches. Traditional approaches ignore the underlying mechanism of toxicity and this deficiency may lead to serious underestimates of actual risk of many pesticides."

Small Blue Marble aims to:

• Conduct unbiased pesticide research
• Publish the results among the scientific community
• Share this information with the public in an accessible manner
• Enable the public and other stakeholders to express informed and on-going views about the impact of pesticides on our planet
• Equip today’s children to be better guardians (than we have been) of tomorrow’s world

For more information see the video below or visit :
http://www.smallbluemarble.org.uk