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Pesticide Defined
A chemical used to destroy pests, especially insects and rodents
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Professor who preserved the peregrine explains other threats to birds of prey
Published October 12, 2008, 1:32 am, The Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Dr. Tom Cade, a professor who preserved the peregrine and is rescuing the California condor, said people making ordinary efforts can help extraordinary birds right here in Pennsylvania.
China for fair treatment on dairy products issue
Published October 10, 2008, 3:34 pm, The Hindu
BEIJING: China’s government has called for “unbiased, scientific and fair treatment” of its dairy products abroad after the scandal of the melamine contamination that left at least three infants dead and thousands ...
New EU Pesticide Regulations Will Increase Risk Of Malaria And Other Insect-Borne Diseases
Published October 10, 2008, 5:07 am, Medical News Today
Today 160 senior scientists from around the world release a petition against proposed EU pesticide regulations which they believe would shrink the global insecticide markets, leaving millions of people in poor countries at an increased risk of malaria and other insect-borne diseases.
Policies required to prevent biofuel output from causing ecological disaster
Published October 10, 2008, 2:02 am, New Kerala
Washington, Oct 10 : Early preventive policies regarding biofuels' output would go a long way in minimising its unintentional side effects like fertiliser and pesticide pollution, soil erosion, fouling of waterways and species loss, according to an international group of researchers.
Experts agree: to protect the environment, biofuel standards are needed
Published October 9, 2008, 11:02 am, EurekAlert!
( Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ) Society is in a race to find renewable sources of carbon-neutral energy. Cellulose-based biofuels hold promise, but we need to proceed cautiously and with an eye toward minimizing long-term ecological impacts. Without a sound plan, we could wind up doing more environmental harm than good.
Crop prices could rise up to 70% due if EU pest management restrictions come into effect
Published October 9, 2008, 10:11 am, SeedQuest
A study released today by the European Centre for Agricultural, Regional and Environmental Policy Research (EuroCARE) concludes that new legislation being tabled in Brussels will have a profound upward effect on the prices European consumers pay for food.
County wants residents to refill plastic bottles
Published October 9, 2008, 6:53 am, MPNnow.com
Last year, Monroe County recycled about 1,015 tons of plastic water and returnable soda bottles, which sounds like a lot until you consider that eight of every 10 bottles end up in a landfill.
Pesticide manufacturers call for EFSA to carry out comprehensive impact assessment of new authorising rules FWi
Published October 9, 2008, 3:55 am, Farmers Weekly Interactive
European pesticide manufacturers are calling on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to conduct a comprehensive impact assessment of the new rules for authorising pesticides currently being considered in Brussels.
Melamine Poisoning: "Tip of the ice-cream"
Published October 8, 2008, 8:00 am, The Manila Times
Like many similar incidents in the past, the melamine poisoning scandal is just a symptom of a global food system characterized by corporate greed and government neglect.
EMU Science faculty doesn't take research for grant-ed
Published October 8, 2008, 6:32 am, The Warren Sentinel
In addition, many majors include opportunities for internships, where students apply classroom learning to "real world" settings.
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- Worldometers - real time world statistics: Interesting website that calculates deaths from certain diseases/pesti cides/age/etc along with economic statistics, food statistics, you name it!
- Depressed by Pesticides: Study Links Farmworker Psychiatric Disorders With Toxin Exposure: "A study of farmers finds that those with the highest number of lifetime exposure days to agricultural pesticides were 50% more likely to be diagnosed with clinical depression than those with the fewest application days and were 80% more likely if they had applied a class of insecticide called organophosphat es"
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- The Foods That Are Most (and least) Affected by Pesticides
- Bayer Pesticide Chemicals Linked to Devastating Collapse of Honeybee Populations: Honebee CCD possibly caused by Bayer pesticide chemical clothianidin.
- The Most and Least Pesticide Contaminated Fruits & Vegetables
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