Word: penncap
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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...Environmental Protection Agency permitted a new, less dangerous form of the pesticide. Marketed commercially as Penncap-M by the Pennwalt Corp. of Philadelphia, it is contained in microscopic plastic capsules about the size of pollen grains. These effectively protect humans but gradually release the still potent pesticide onto crops. What scientists did not realize was that honeybees would innocently pick up the capsules as they flew from blossom to blossom gathering pollen and nectar...
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