Danish statistics show that every 6 miles biked instead of driven saves 3 1⁄2 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and 9 cents in health care costs.
Since seed coating with neonicotinoid insecticides was introduced in the late 1990s, European beekeepers have reported severe colony losses in the period of corn sowing (spring). As a consequence, seed-coating neonicotinoid insecticides that are used worldwide on corn crops have been blamed for honeybee decline.
Two distinct isolates of Pestalotiopsis microspora have been found that have the ability to break down and utilize polyurethane.