By: Heather Williams
The study analyzed 198 honey samples from different hives across the world. A staggering 75% of all samples tested contained at least one of the five compounds of interest. Acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Almost half of the honey samples contained two or more of the tested compounds (at 45%). An astounding 10% of the honey samples tested contained four or five of the compounds.
Source: The Unlisted Ingredient in Your Honey: The Impact of Pesticides in Bees and Humans – Unsafe Foods
The combination of four and five pesticides is definitely worrisome. As little as many of these things have actually been tested, combinations of pesticides are unlikely to have been tested at all.
Hang in there my friends.