Despite lobbying from the pesticide industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will continue with a ban on the toxic insecticide carbofuran.
… Toxic insecticide carbofuran banned in US The … | 19th June 2009 News Carbofuran US Ban Insecticide Food And Farming Health … said it will continue with a ban on the toxic insecticide carbofuran. The chemical, sold …
More than a 100 pesticides are licenced for spraying on the humble lettuce. As well as posing a threat to consumers, workers harvesting the crop can face contamination and poisoning
… human exposure. Under this approach, the insecticides are taken up into the structure … risks Other fungicides, herbicides and insecticides are applied throughout the growth … fungicides • 45 are herbicides • 57 are insecticides Amongst them are some …
Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but also causing decline in numbers of birds, butterflies and moths, warns Dutch toxicologist
… has been overstated Widespread use of insecticides affecting bee populations but … pesticides in agriculture. In The Systemic Insecticides: A Disaster in the Making , … Dr Henk Tennekes suggests that dangerous insecticides known as neonicotinoids are …
Bee-killing insecticides will face a near total ban in Europe following a vote by member states in favour of proposals by the European Commission. The UK government supported the ban, which it says it will maintain after Brexit. CATHERINE EARLY reports
… bee_on_blossomcgreenpeace.jpg Bee-killing insecticides will face a near total ban in … currently authorised in the EU, and insecticides like … Authority so that they stop approving new insecticides suspected of being similarly …
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has signalled that it is in favour of approving further controversial genetically engineered maize variants produced by Bayer (Monsanto).
… 2,4-D and AOPP - and produce up to six insecticides. The genetically engineered maize …
The Wild Ken Hill project on the Norfolk coast is turning around 1,000 acres of marginal farmland and woodland back over to nature.
… techniques that look after the soil, cut out insecticides and provide food and habitat for … still producing food - healthy food without insecticides, and we've increased our organic …
The promise of more food from increased yields is driving the appeal for more GM crops, but that promise is theoretical and unfulfilled, argue Dr Ricarda A Steinbrecher and Antje Lorch
… to be herbicide-tolerant or to produce insecticides yield more, this is not supported … to be herbicide-tolerant or to produce insecticides yield more, this is not supported …
The first study conducted in a natural environment has shown that systemic pesticides damage bees' ability to navigate
… Germany, Italy and France have suspended key insecticides over such fears. A spokesperson … cent smaller than those not exposed to the insecticide. Most strikingly, the exposed …
Intensive agriculture's role in the destruction of symbiosis is well-documented and cannot be ignored any longer.
… of life. Destroying symbiosis Herbicides, insecticides, parasitecides, fungicides are … forms of life. For example, some types of insecticide can kill nitrogen fixing bacteria …
Francis Chabboussou's Healthy Crops is a forgotten classic of organic science, with wide-reaching implications for global agriculture.
… of chemical pesticides, whether fungicides, insecticides, or (above all) herbicides.” … specific weed killer, or a highly active insecticide you will use it and people like …
Progress towards measuring and reducing risks from pesticide use in the EU has been limited, according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors.
… harmful organisms, pests and diseases. These insecticides, fungicides and herbicides put …
Why are GM crops being grown, how are plants genetically modified, where is it being cultivated, who’s in control and what is being researched and developed?
Some GM questions answered The Ecologist | 1st July 2003 News Gm Genetically Modified Research And Development Soya Biotechnology Gm Products Natural World Food And Farming Health Politics And …
Endosulfan is the pesticide of choice for farmers in rural India trying to control insects threatening cashew nut and other crops - but the chemical can have devastating health impacts
… victim. Endosulfan, an organochlorine insecticide, acts as a contact poison for a …
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have identified factors which are driving the evolution of herbicide resistance in crops – something which could also have an impact on medicine as well as agriculture. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… chemicals - such as herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics - are used in …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… have encouraged herbicide-resistant weeds and insecticide-resistant pests. This has led to … to wild relatives of the crop, and the insecticide in GM Bt crops can destroy …
Grow It Yourself is a popular community organisation with a vision of bringing people together in a sustainable and healthier way through organic food growing. Now it has plans to launch further afield in the UK
… there is no need for the use of pesticides, insecticides or fertilisers, meaning that the …
Government orders to use dangerous organophosphate chemicals left hundreds of sheep farmers with debilitating ill health, Tom Levitt reports on the UK's forgotten pesticide tragedy
… War, OPs were then being championed as an insecticide for killing bugs and pests that …
After long battles, three farmers in France have won legal claims that their cases of cancer and Parkinson's disease were caused by working with pesticides. Now they want to help others fight similar cases
… his condition to exposure to 'pesticides, insecticides, fungicides et Gaucho'. But even …
Buying organic cotton doesn't mean you are depriving a farmer in the developing world of food crops, says Eliza Anyangwe of Pesticide Action Network. Rather, it's one action every ethical consumer should take
… (not irrigated), chemical pesticides and insecticides account for much as 60 per cent …