Organic certification prohibits the use of antibiotics in meat production, and science shows that reducing the use of antibiotics in production results in a lower occurrence of antibiotic-...
Mar 01, 2021
DDT is an insecticide commonly used to control mosquito-transmitted malaria in the 1900s, but was eventually banned across the globe because of extremely adverse side effects on human and...
Nov 01, 2018
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Another study has found residues of neonicotinoid pesticides in birds. This study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, ...
Sep 21, 2018
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A new study has detected neonicotinoid insecticides in raw and treated drinking water in water from the lower Great Lakes in southern Ontario,...
Aug 06, 2018
Neonicotinoids are some of the most widely used agricultural insecticides, and are recognized for the unintended risk they may pose to other wildlife. While the majority of this research has...
May 17, 2018
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A new study published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health has found that waterbirds from Central China are contaminated with pesticides. ...
Jun 30, 2017
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A study at Louisiana State University Ag Center shows that even areas set aside for pollinator conservation may be...
Oct 03, 2016
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A recent large-scale study published in the journal Chemosphere found that soils in greenhouses used for organic vegetable production across China...
Jan 27, 2015
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Amphibian populations in the United States and around the world have been declining due to habitat degradation and loss. Now, a new study,...
Oct 16, 2014
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The common use of flame retardants to treat common household items including furniture, mattresses and plastics has resulted in their...
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