Tag: Pesticides
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How to Remove a Bat from Indoors
In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.
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Why You Shouldn't Buy Ladybugs for Natural Pest Control in your Garden
Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.
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Grow Alliums for Spring Blooms Deer and Squirrels Won't Eat
The ornamental cousins of onions grow beautiful blooms deer don't like, but you'll fall in love with.
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EPA Denies NRDC Request to Ban Weed Killer, Cites Industry Study to Prove Safety
NRDC had petitioned the agency in 2008 to revoke all 2,4-D tolerances and product registrations, citing studies pointing to links between 2,4-D and cancer, hormone disruption, genetic mutations and neurotoxicity.
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Dietary Cadmium From Contaminated Crops Linked to Breast Cancer
Increased contamination of cadmium in a women's diet is linked to breast cancer.
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Americans Eat the Cheapest Food in the World, But What is It Really Costing Us?
The US spends less on food than any country in the world
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Study: Even Extremely Diluted Roundup Causes Damage to DNA
Roundup damages DNA and can cause cancer.
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Maker of Controversial Insecticide Launches "Bee Care Centers". Should We Celebrate?
BayerCrop Science launches a "bee care program" to promote honeybee health. Strangely, it's press release says nothing about neonicotinoids.
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EPA Sued to Ban Toxic Pesticide and Agent Orange Ingredient From Weed Killer
“This dangerous pesticide is lurking all over the place, from ball fields and golf courses, to front lawns and farms."
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Monterey County Wants Methyl Iodide Out
California's largest agricultural producer to ban methyl iodide for use in agriculture.
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Court Rules Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in France
The case is significant because farmers have so far been unable to prove a direct link between illness and exposure to pesticides.
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EPA Supports Environmental Justice for New Jersey Farm Workers
The EPA has announced a grant for a Latino-led farm worker organization in New Jersey to educate migrant workers about the risks of pesticide exposure.
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Will Your Next T-Shirt be Made from Trees?
Photo: Flickr, CC Bye-Bye Cotton, Hello Cellulose Fibers Cotton is a great fiber to make clothes with, but unfortunately, growing it causes huge environmental problems. It's a crop that uses a lot of water, and most large cotton monocultures are doused
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Wood Preservatives and the Battle of Big Government
We live in strange times. Amidst flying accusations about how the USA got into the current economic state, and who is responsible for it, many a finger has pointed at the burden of Big Government on the backs of small businessmen.
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As Roundup Causes Health Problems Around the World, U.S. Researchers Find Glyphosate in Air & Water
Mississippi and Iowa, two big farm states, were recently tested for glyphosate levels in the air and water. Researchers found the key ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup herbicide in every stream sample tested, Scientific
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As if Pesticides Were Not Bad Enough...Fake Pesticides Raise Health Fears
Pesticides are a two-edged sword. We take the risks of toxicological and ecological side effects because the first priority is to feed a growing population of humans. Those that cannot afford organic must trust the
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Small Victory: Organic Farm Allowed to Sue for Wafting Pesticide Contamination
Does anyone remember the case of Percy Schmeiser, a Canadian farmer who was sued by Monsanto after the company's Roundup Ready canola had drifted onto his farm without him knowing about or wanting it? A new case in Minnesota
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Turkish Beekeepers Abuzz Over Pesticide Concerns
If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal).
