low-level exposure to Manganese adversely affects honey bees at levels considered safe for human food

Study by Washington University in St. Louis shows Magnanese a common metal addles honey bee brains

"We tend to ignore more modulatory changes like this one and assume we don't need to worry about them. But that may be a mistake," says Yehuda Ben-Shahar. "The bees, which vacuum up everything in the environment, might be serving as an early warning indicator of an environmental toxin."

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