I study how pesticides impact bees. Special interest in RoundUp, ‘inert ingredients’ and pesticide statistics.
Bristol
Joined January 2018
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ATTENTION ECOTOX PEOPLE: We wrote a primer on bee and pesticide science! Specifically written to be an accessible short guide for post / undergrads. It explains all the basic lingo and concepts in simple language. @DaraStanley
doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14…
And almost 500 products on sale to totally untrained gardeners!?! There could be just 10, rigorously tested, products on sale to gardeners and there would be no complaints from the general public.
NEW PAPER:
We report, for the first time, the scale of how many different pesticides are on sale in the UK and Ireland.
Nearly 2,500 different pesticides are on sale in the UK, from 266 different active ingredients.
With @DaraStanley
doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.1…
I'll be talking at NatureFest at @AirfieldEstate on August 17th. Will be on a panel about wildlife-friendly gardening and then leading a pollinator walk and talk.
Get tickets at airfield.ie
Emergency authorisations of banned pesticides aren't so 'emergency' after all.
Many are approved for longer than is allowed, or repeatedly re-approved, stretching the definition of emergency!
Fab new paper from @NoaSimonDelso @simo_tosi @LucaCarisio.
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
ALT bar chart showing that a significant proportion of emergency authorisations span longer than the authorised period of 120 days.
Just hit my 300th citation today, very exciting! If you're ever curious about my research go check my paper out at scholar.google.co.uk/citatio…
ALT graph showing citations over time and 300 total citations
Complaint about modern academic papers: Acronyms.
Example: Each of these acronyms is only used in this specific table, and there's clearly enough room to expand the acronyms into full text.
UAMPHTR,FNBAA: Using acronyms makes papers harder to read, for no benefit at all.
New Paper! Here I argue that the list of ingredients on the back of a pesticide should no longer be a secret. Secrecy isn't in farmer's or consumer's interests! I also take on the industry arguments defending the practice. 1/6
doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.202…
ALT Picture of a bottle of pesticide with a list of ingredients. Active ingredient, co-formulant 1, then 3 secret ingredients.
I tried (and failed) to do this for bumblebees. The best reading I found on it was from Juliet Osborne from Exeter University. Huge amount of research on the topic. She's also really nice and gave me some advice on Zoom.
New Paper: When we're writing about our experiments, we must be clear about what pesticide we tested. If a formulation was tested, don't blame the active ingredient.
Read it free here: rdcu.be/dxJ23
