Global study shows pesticides are major contributor to biodiversity crisis
Pesticides are causing overwhelming negative effects on hundreds of species of microbes, fungi, plants, insects, fish, birds ...
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Scientists uncover surprising method to contain crop-devastating insect: 'A biological control agent'
"All crops in the world are susceptible." Scientists uncover surprising method to contain crop-devastating insect: 'A ...
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70 countries have banned this pesticide. It’s still for sale in the U.S.
For Nathan Donley, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity who focuses on pesticides toxicity and regulation, the idea that paraquat will continue to be used for years is ...
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Petition calls on EPA to tighten pesticide rules to protect bees
By Bobby Bascomb Insect conservation NGO the Xerces Society recently petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSING OF PESTICIDES I: Pesticide biotransformation and its significance. INSECTICIDES Organochlorines, Organophosphorus compounds, Carbamates, Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids, ...
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Pesticide mixtures shown to be present in soil and plants all year round, not just during application times
Synthetic chemical pesticides are designed to be highly targeted. "However, many of these substances interfere with fundamental biological processes such as nerve conduction, cell division or ...
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Landmark Legal Settlement Locks in EPA Actions to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
“Pesticides take a devastating toll on imperiled wildlife and are a driving factor in the current insect apocalypse,” said Jonathan Evans, environmental health legal director at the Center for ...
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Fisheries Service Finalizes Protections Against Three Pesticides Harming Salmon, Orcas
Today’s analysis finalizes a March draft biological opinion that concluded the three insecticides put 37 protected species in jeopardy of extinction and harm their designated critical habitat. “This ...
EurekAlert!29d
Pesticide impacts on bees more complex than expected
Neonicotinoid pesticides such as clothianidin are widely ... the European Commission (H2020), and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. This research was performed at QMUL ...