Pesticide exposure in children lowered with organic food consumption
A study published in the Environmental Health Perspectives, has exposed the rate of pesticide exposure in children. The study investigated
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Childhood cancer increased with agricultural crop density
A new study, published in the Environmental Health by the University of Illinois, has determined that the risk of childhood
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Ontario first jurisdiction in North America to reduce neonicotinoid-coated corn and soybean seeds.
Ontario will become the first North American jurisdiction to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-coated corn and soybean
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EPA fails to implement adequate protective measures to protect bees. Commentary period until the 29th of June 2015.
Bee colonies in the United States have been dying off at a rapid pace, with numerous studies attributing the deaths
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Another study confirms negative impact of pesticides on bees
A new study published in the scientific journal Nature has confirmed yet again that insecticides have an adverse impact on
Read moreUSDA researchers admit that the neonicotinoid insecticide clothianidin is a likely contributor to monarch butterfly declines.
A new study published in the Science of Nature journal revealed that the USDA has conclusively identified that neonicotinoid insecticides
Read moreThe Oregon City Council voted unanimously to ban the use of neocicotinoid insecticides
The Oregon city council has voted to ban the use of insecticides as the environment is being harmed by pesticides
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Obama administration pressured to protect bees from neonicotinoids.
A petition with four million signatures was delivered to the White House on the 4th of March by a number
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State of Oregon bans bee-killing insecticides.
Oregon has taken the pro-active step and banned four different types of bee-killing insecticides, including imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam and dinotefura.
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Global streams at risk from insecticide pollution.
An international collaborative study by researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the University of Koblenz-Landau together
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