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It's Getting Hot Out Here

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In the FIRST EVER episode of It's Getting Hot Out Here, Imi and Joe tackle pesticides, bee impotency, government ignorance and scorpions! Shout to our creative amigos! @wahalawahalaband - for our sick intro/outro  @artistb_maisie - for our awesome logo! Studies referenced in pod: Friends of the Earth (2017) - https://friendsoftheearth.uk/bees/bees-and-neonicotinoids-problem Gibert et al (2015) Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies? https://peerj.com/articles/1402/ Fanny et al (2017) Selective bioaccumulation of neonicotinoids and sub-lethal effects in the earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to environmental concentrations in an artificial soil https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653517312699?via%3Dihub Sebastien et al (2016) Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14414 New Scientist (2018) The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides https://www.newscientist.com/article/2167537-the-european-union-has-decided-to-ban-bee-killing-pesticides/#ixzz61huFr1A3 GOV.UK (2018) Further restrictions on neonicotinoids agreed https://www.gov.uk/government/news/further-restrictions-on-neonicotinoids-agreed The Guardian (2018) Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/04/trump-administration-lifts-ban-on-pesticides-linked-to-declining-bee-numbers