Harvard Professor: Long-Term Low-Dose Pesticides Damage Bee Nervous Systems and Increase Human Cancer Risk

Bees around the world are mysteriously disappearing and dying, and the key evidence points to low-dose pesticide residues causing neurological damage in bees. But does it stop at bees? Could it really have no effect on the human body? Yang En-cheng, a professor in the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University, says that when humans are exposed to low-dose pesticides, it is also very likely to cause neurological damage such as ADHD and autism, or even trigger cancer.

To explore the harms of pesticides to bees, the Public Television Service produced the film "Bee Crazy 2," and held its premiere today (the 19th). Producer Lai Yen-ming said that although there is currently no direct scientific evidence showing a link between the two, "we cannot use the absence of scientific evidence as an excuse to deliberately evade many things. We should do more research."

PTS "Bee Crazy" film series explores the harms of pesticides to human health and food safety

Lai Yen-ming said that people may think bee deaths are only a matter for the insect world, but in fact the main cause is excessive pesticide use leading to widespread bee deaths. The "Bee Crazy" film series was made mainly to make everyone aware of the seriousness behind bee deaths, not only the food crisis, but even the harm of excessive pesticides to the environment, food safety, and the human body.

Lai Yen-ming explained that although "Bee Crazy 1" did receive a response when it aired, with international media reporting on it extensively, at the time he also thought the film had influence, at least raising issues for everyone to discuss, but he felt it should not stop there, so he decided to make "Bee Crazy 2" to explore more issues related to pesticide damage to human health and policy.

The documentary "Bee Crazy 2" will air on PTS at 10 p.m. on the 20th and at 7:30 a.m. on the 21st, and will also be shown simultaneously on the "PTS+" video platform.

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