Multi-million pound brand Good Natured Fruit is marketed in Asda and Sainsbury's as 'pesticide free', but the company now admits it allows chemicals to be used during plants' life-cycle
… | 21st September 2009 News Food And Farming Pesticides Good Natured Fruit … of £2.5m in 2008, do not use or contain any pesticides. However, an Ecologist … Natured Fruits is grown without the use of pesticides,' says the Angus-based company …
Hers was a landmark victory against the Government. Campaigner Georgina Downs on the importance of setting a policy precedent on pesticides
… action against UK Government over toxic crop pesticides Georgina Downs | 29th January 2009 … Regulation Agribusiness Farming Pests And Pesticides Risk Food And Health UK Pesticides Health Politics And Economics …
Canadian scientist Dr Pierre Mineau talks about the ongoing struggle to protect birds from pesticides that 'don't belong in this millennium'
… Pierre Mineau: let's get rid of the pesticides that are killing birds Laura Sevier … December 2009 Comment Natural World Wildlife Pesticides Birds DDT Organophosphorus PAN … the ongoing struggle to protect birds from pesticides that 'don't belong in this …
US study finds pesticide link to childhood leukemia and calls for more research
… And Farming Society Take Action Campaigns pesticides.jpg US study finds pesticide link … been found to have higher levels of household pesticides in their body, according to a study … children and mothers. Common household pesticides were found in the urine of more …
Tests on Parkinson's sufferers have revealed a high incidence and levels of the organochloride pesticide beta-HCH, holding out the hope of a blood test to catch the disease early
… were testing for traces of 15 organochloride pesticides. Published in the journal Archives … cent in Alzheimer’s sufferers. Organochloride pesticides were widely used from the 1950s to … harmful chemical. The researchers said pesticides were only one contributing factor …
Pesticides campaigner Georgina Downs has seen her high court victory against the Government overturned by a court of appeal, but vows to take her campaign to the House of Lords
… 'Whitewash' at court of appeal for pesticides campaigner The Ecologist | 9th July … Campaigns Investigations Food And Farming Pesticides DEFRA Georgina Downs Health Hilary … ruling on the illegality of the Government's pesticides policy has been overturned at the …
Early falls in pesticide use on GM crops in the United States have been replaced by rapid increases according to study
… | 17th November 2009 News Gm Food And Farming Pesticides Chemical gmspraying.jpg Pesticide … has led to an extra 318 million pounds of pesticides being used by farmers. The report, … an overall figure of 318 pounds of additional pesticides being used. The rate of increase in …
A former Washington scientific adviser has called for a worldwide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that have been implicated in the decline of the honeybee population.
… Natural World Science And Technology Bees Pesticides inthenews.jpg A former Washington … called for a worldwide ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that have been implicated in the … be taken very seriously. ‘Neonicotinoid pesticides are the most toxic pesticides ever …
Previous calls to ban neonicotinoids have been turned down by the UK government because of lack of evidence
… The Ecologist | 14th September 2009 News Bees Pesticides Neonicotinoids Food And Farming … groups have repeated calls for neonicotinoid pesticides to be banned because of their … to honey bee populations . Neonicotinoid pesticides are a comparatively new group of …
Using the term 'pesticides' generically can mislead and confuse
… Letters gmspraying.jpg Using the term 'pesticides' generically can mislead and … to the improper use of the generic word 'pesticides' which includes all the 'cides'. The misuse of 'pesticides' in the press, especially in …
The pesticide industry knows all too well that nature quickly develops immunity to its chemical armoury. But a new study by scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC) and the Faculty of Science of the University of Lisbon, in Portugal has shown that a species of worm can develop resistance to a common pesticide in just 20 generations, or 80 days.
… The Ecologist | 2nd February 2009 News Worms Pesticides Research Immunity Tidal Dams …
The economies of whole islands in the Caribbean face ruin if the WTO, acting at the behest of US-owned multinationals, forces the EU to end preferential trade agreements with small-scale West Indian banana producers
… | 13th January 2009 News Agriculture Bananas Pesticides Free Trade Free Trade Supermarkets … cow and the tortoise are facing extinction. Pesticides are killing off the algae on which … yields and, with liberal applications of pesticides, the smooth, uniform, cosmetically …
How can we be healthy on a sick planet? Especially when many still believe that health is unaffected by what is in the environment. These organisations could save your life
… In The Maternity Services Mercola Uk Pesticides Campaign What Doctor’s Don’t Tell … reports such as The Shoppers’ Guide to Pesticides in Produce . EWG also campaigns for … www.mercola.com www.drbriffa.com UK Pesticides Campaign Campaigner Georgina Downs’ …
If you don't know what's gone into making your drink, stick to organic beer and wine this Christmas, says Pat Thomas
… Green Living Behind The Label Alcohol Pesticides wine_web.jpg If you don't know … grown grapes rely heavily on the use of pesticides and synthetic fertilisers. Earlier … found traces of as many as 10 different pesticides in wines on sale in the EU. Lab …
In 1962, Rachel Carson's famous exposé of the environmental impacts of the pesticide DDT rocked the chemical industry. Today, Carson's European legacy - the REACH legislation - ought to safeguard public health. But will it?
… Politics And Economics Food And Farming DDT Pesticides Rachel Carson Silent Spring … the damage to the environment being caused by pesticides, particularly the toxic effects of … Company of Chicago, a manufacturer of pesticides, threatened Carson’s publisher with …
A Government adviser has called for the regulatory overhaul on genetically modified crops in the EU and opposes the ‘strange’ ban on pesticides.
… The Ecologist | 1st March 2009 News GM Crops Pesticides Politics And Economics Honeybee … in the EU and opposes the ‘strange’ ban on pesticides. The Government’s chief scientific … opinion on the recent landmark EU ruling on pesticides, which could see a number of the …
Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the Soil Association petition to help get it banned. Then take part in Twitter's 'Tweehive' - starting on 14th July
… World Bees Colony Collapse Disorder CCD Pesticides Neonicotinoids … ta-protect-our-bees.jpg Neonicotinoid pesticides are killing our honeybees. Sign the … To find out more, click here . So why are pesticides that have been shown to kill …
Jordans cereals founder Bill Jordan says his company's method of farming can feed the world and safeguard biodiversity
… a ‘B-grade’ version of organic farming, as pesticides are not completely banned. But … about GM food and why he is in favour of some pesticides. Tom Levitt: Why did you start … BigBuzz , make no mention of neonicotinoid pesticides (which have been linked to bee …
What's the real price of your bouquet? Pat Thomas dishes the dirt on cut flower production in less-industrialised countries
… dangerous chemicals. A vast range of pesticides, fertilisers and fumigants are used … we know that mixtures of chemicals such as pesticides can have a more potent adverse … not on the MPS-Code 2006 list (the list of pesticides registered in Ethiopia) and …
Agri-chemical companies like Syngenta don’t just make the chemicals that have been blamed for the decline in bees; they also breed the bees that are being used as a replacement for wild pollinators
… once again blames the spread of neonicotinoid pesticides for the decline in honeybee … giant Syngenta, which produces neonicotinoid pesticides, announced the joint funding of a … said the research was ‘not going to look at pesticides’. The bee-breeding industry But …
Despite lobbying from the pesticide industry, the US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will continue with a ban on the toxic insecticide carbofuran.
… are still underestimating the risk posed by pesticides. Research published in the journal … concluded that children whose parents use pesticides, herbicides or fungicides around …
The fashion industry listens to shoppers, even if governments don't. Use your power as a consumer to make safer, organic cotton more widely available:
… Action Campaigns Consumerism Pests And Pesticides Organics Companies Human Rights Pesticides Green Living Natural World … in advertising, one quarter of ALL farming pesticides are used in the manufacture of …
The powerful antibacterial nanosilver can now be found in everything from air fresheners and food packaging to babies' bottles and bandages. But has anyone looked at the risks?
… many antibacterials work in ways similar to pesticides and, more alarmingly, antibiotics. …