Decline in birds linked to common insecticide

Known to harm bees, neonicotinoids’ effects may ripple through ecosystems

DOWNTURN  Insecticides commonly used on farms may cause a drop in populations of bug-eating birds, like the common starling (shown), also known as the European starling.  

Jouke Altenburg, Radboud Univ.

Insects may not be the only collateral damage from a controversial group of insecticides.