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Dan Gunderson | MPR News

USDA Punished Bee Expert Turned Whistle-blower For Researching Pesticides

After Entomologist Jonathan Lundgren began to study how neonicotinoid insecticides affect bees and other beneficial insects. His research and work travel fell under intense scrutiny and he was suspended for violating agency protocols.

October 30th, 2015

By Dan Gunderson | MPR News

USDA Punished Bee Expert Turned Whistle-blower For Researching Pesticides

A top federal bee scientist from South Dakota says he's being punished for publicizing work on pesticides and pollinators. Jonathan Lundgren's research found bees and monarch butterflies can be harmed by a widely used class of insecticides. In a whistleblower case filed Wednesday, the United States Agriculture Department entomologist alleges he

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