insecticides
05/14/2018
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By Janine Acero
Strawberries are the most pesticide-ridden crop you can eat
Eating fruits and vegetables is vital for overall health, but what if every juicy bite contains a cocktail of toxic pesticides? The Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed samples of conventionally grown produce tested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and found that nearly 70 percent were contaminated with pesticide residues. The USDA detected a total of 230 different pesticides and […]
06/26/2017
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By Tim Wesley
This secret weapon hidden in your kitchen is an excellent natural insect repellent
Most of the time, people, places, and objects that we don’t usually notice are the ones that often surprise us a lot. Those that we don’t bother giving a second look at or easily dismiss as something that are not too useful almost always end up giving us a pleasant surprise. Take bay leaves for […]
01/14/2017
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By Vicki Batts
Court allows seeds to continue to be sprayed with bee-toxic pesticides
At the end of November, a judge from the Northern District of California delivered a crushing blow to our nation’s beekeepers, and effectively approved of the EPA policies that will allow seeds to be coated with bee-toxic pesticides, known as neonicotinoids, or neonics for short. These pesticides, which can persist in soil and water with […]
12/21/2016
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By Robert Jonathan
Common insecticides found to be far more dangerous to health than previously believed
Neonicotinoids, a class of pesticides in wide use, may be more destabilizing to agriculture than previously presumed, according to a new study from Penn State. “The team’s research challenges the previously held belief that neonicotinoid seed coatings have little to no effect on predatory insect populations,” ScienceDaily summarized. The findings suggest that more work needs […]
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