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Birds and Bees, Beware: New York’s Anti-Pesticide Bill Will Backfire 

Despite the best intentions, an effort to ban powerful bug-killing chemicals will harm environmentalists, farmers, and consumers alike.

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Bees at Cypress Flower Farm on August 6, 2014 at Moss Beach, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
BILL WIRTZ
BILL WIRTZ

Through recently passed legislation, the New York state legislature aims to abolish certain insecticides in defense of the “birds and bees.” 

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BILL WIRTZ
BILL WIRTZ

Mr. Wirtz is the senior policy analyst at the Consumer Choice Center, focusing on new technology, agriculture, trade, and lifestyle regulations. He published 'No Copy-paste: What not to Emulate from Europe's Agriculture Regulation.'

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