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• in Green
  California Proposition 37 - Required Reading or Not?
  Since more than 70 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified ingredients, shouldn't we be informed what they are?
  by sweaterart / on Sep 17, 2012
• in Lifestyle
  Is Eating Organic Worth Your Money?
  Whether or not to eat organic or conventional foods should not be a David and Goliath argument.
  by sweaterart / on Sep 10, 2012
• in Technorati Women
  No New Answers in Trying to Uncover Environmental Risks for Breast Cancer
  A report released Wednesday failed to uncover much new information with respect to environmental causes of breast cancer.
  by jenna3967 / on Dec 8, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “pesticides”

 

• Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

  
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  The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report in the Proceedings of the US Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Mikhail A. Beketov and Matthias Liess from the ...
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• Week of June 16 2013 Great News from Israel

  
  IsraelSeen.com — Authority: 119
  Israeli researchers have discovered a new protein that can save women’s lives. Israeli technology prevents scars both during and following surgery. Israeli doctors successfully delivered the conjoined twins of a Palestinian Arab woman. The Hebrew University has given an award to the Israeli who saved the bees. ...
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• Israeli Pesticide Company That Fights Pests With Bumble Bees Now Launches In India

  
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  Israeli Pesticide Company That Fights Pests With Bumble Bees Now Launches In India : Bio-Bee Biological Systems, an Israeli company that specializes in biologically-based integrated pest management has reported that it is launching operations in India. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a method of contending with ...
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• Pesticides : un risque accru de cancers

  
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  Pesticides : un risque accru de cancers Topsante – Depuis les années 80, de nombreuses études épidémiologiques évoquent régulièrement le rôle des pesticides dans le développement de certaines pathologies chez les personnes exposées aux pesticides. A la demande de la Direction générale de la Santé ...
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• Israeli Pesticide Company That Fights Pests With Bumble Bees Now Launches In India

  
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  Bio-Bee Biological Systems, an Israeli company that specializes in biologically-based integrated pest management has reported that it is launching operations in India. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a method of contending with agricultural pests that aims to reduce the use of harsh chemical pesticides. Bio-Bee ...
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• Are You Harboring ‘Crazy’ Tech Destroying Ants?

  
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  Is your television unexpectedly on the fritz? Did your laptop suddenly stop working? If you live in the Southern United States, it could just be you’ve been paid a visit by the pesticide-resistant Rasberry or tawny “crazy” ant. The ant is known to scientists as Nylanderia fulva or, to give it its common names, ...
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• CEI Today: Senate immigration bill, cancer rates & pesticides, and EPA bias

  
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  SENATE IMMIGRATION BILL - DAVID BIER Senate Immigration Bill Needs Rewrite on Guest Workers, Visa Regs, E-Verify, CEI Analyst Says On Tuesday, the Senate voted to proceed with debate on the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). David Bier , ...
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• Ninety percent of U.S. tobacco is GMO; hey smokers, you’re smoking pesticide!

  
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  S. D. Wells GMO tobacco means that scientists in labs are injecting or infusing the genes of bacteria from the DNA of other living things into the seeds of the tobacco plant. GMO tobacco also means that pesticide and herbicide are inside the tobacco plant, and that farmers who use GM pesticides are spraying up to ...
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• Native Plants in the Garden

  
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  Some time, a well-formulated landscape look artificial and act as an unnatural institution altogether. This explains why a certain “back to nature” concept slowly creeps up into the general consciousness. Many times have native plants offer an alternative to a traditional garden project. With more environmentally ...
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• Santander grant to support collaboration in Brazil

  
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  Hertfordshire researchers are forging new links with research teams in Brazil – thanks to a further £10,000 grant from Santander Universities UK . The funding will support two research projects within the School of Life and Medical Sciences which are being led by Dr Keith Davies and Dr Henrik Stotz . As well ...
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• Buying honey products funds exploitation and environmental problems…

  
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  “ We won it for the bees “, Avaaz announced, when Europe banned pesticides. So what’s my problem with this you may ask. Well, as a vegan and related anti-capitalist, banning pesticides misses the underlying source of the problem. That isn’t to say I am all for pesticides; banning them will just not address ...
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• Kill Spider Mites Without Hurting Your Plants

  
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  Spider Mite Control There are a number of spider mite control techniques gardeners and crop growers can use. Some may be effective but can harm plants. There are several underlying factors of the efficiency of such methods – spider mite population; plant and health resistance, the growing environment, and others. ...
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• UK bee insecticide study flawed, says EU food agency

  
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  Field study cited by British government as evidence that neonicotinoids cause little harm to bees has several weaknesses, says European Food Safety Authority . . . → Read More: UK bee insecticide study flawed, says EU food agency
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• The Story of Our Toxic Food System

  
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  The graphic below should be a huge eye opener for anyone who eats. Yeah, everyone. Our food system has grown so toxic that we have worry about far more than calories and nutrients. Now we have to worry about hormone disruptors, neurodevelopmental deficits, and cancer…stemming from our food. Often times we see ...
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• Is it safe to use pesticides on an indigenous species?

  
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  Protect Mustangs.org “The NAS findings clearly state that the BLM has failed to provide accurate estimates of the nation’s population of wild horses and burros,” states Jessica Johnston, environmental scientist and biologist. “Therefore, the NAS cannot conclude that a state of over-population exists and or ...
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• Does “Organic” Really Cost More?

  
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   Powered by Max Banner Ads The price difference between organic and conventional these days is only a few cents — ok, I am not including Whole Foods (aka ‘Whole Paycheck’) —...
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• For the Love of Food

  
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  For The Love of Food Welcome to Friday’s  For The Love of Food , Summer Tomato’s weekly link roundup. This week a crash course in deceptive meat labels, fish eaters outlive vegetarians, and Splenda impacts insulin responses. Want to see all my favorite links? (There’s lots more). Be sure to follow me on ...
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• Washington rejects ban on pesticide suspected of killing honeybees

  
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  Saying theres no evidence of significant harm to bee colonies, the state declines a request to ban neonicotinoid pesticides used to kill aphids in backyard gardens and on crops.
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• The blame game continues…

  
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  The blame game continues… For some time now, the crisis concerning honeybees as been on the forefront of most news agencies and the internet. The concern has been blamed on cell phones, parasites  to pesticides and now the EU has decided to ban 3 new pesticides. “ EU bans pesticides that ahrm bees “. “The ...
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• Organic Gardening Tips

  
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  Image Credit: WoodleyWonderworks So you’ve decided to roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and start a backyard vegetable garden this summer. That’s great! While you work, try to incorporate some organic gardening methods. Not only will you be kind to the environment, but you’ll be able to enjoy the ...
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