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RSSThe pesticide content in your bottle of Pepsi or Coca-cola is now much higher than before and the government has not been able to do much to check it, says the Centre for Science and Environment(CSE). Three years after the CSE first broke the...
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North Dakota’s agriculture commissioner wants the federal government to allow farmers access to cheaper Canadian pesticides through a system similar to one he set...
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The Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to stop the use of the pesticide carbofuran on all food crops, including those that are imported.Carbofuran is used...
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The federal Environmental Protection Agency strengthened regulations Thursday on five common pesticides and for the first time required farmers to set up sizable buffer...
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Consumers and farmers will soon be on their own when it comes to finding out which pesticides are being sprayed on everything from corn to apples.The U.S. Department of...
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Jim Koan has gone hog-wild in his battle against a beetle that threatens his 120-acre organic apple orchard.As part of a research experiment believed to be among the...
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Juan Angulo arrived for work at an eastern Washington apple orchard one day in 1995 and began vomiting. He developed a terrible headache, and his eyes and nose started...
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The Environmental Protection Agency gave the go-ahead for one-year use of a new agricultural pesticide Friday, saying its own scientific review overrides health...
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday delayed approval of a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, after more than 50 prominent scientists...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is expected within days to approve a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, despite opposition from California...
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The invasive knapweed is considered as one of the most-destructive noxious weeds in the West. It notoriously crowd-out nutritious forage for their livestock! To combat...
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The world is facing blows of water crisis not only due to environmental reasons like drought, but also human-induced reasons - contamination, the biggest concern....
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Recently, Centre for Science and Environmentin India reported that Coke and Pepsi have high level of pesticide residue which created a considerable Hugh and cry over...
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When we thin of healthy-food, fresh fruit and vegetables are the first ones to be put in the list. But, things are not so for the ones sold in Canada. Do you know, more...
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Genetic engineering, with a new finding, seems to have won a minor victory from the prospect of providing people with organic, eco-friendly and health-friendly cotton...
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North Dakota farm children are found to be exposed to pesticides! And to add to the crisis, they tested an average of 5 points lower on standard IQ tests! To make these...
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There is a big range of mixed salad leaves in the market but they are too expensive. Since they are washed and ready to eat they have a very short span in the fridge....
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Methyl bromide is a pesticide which protects the strawberries with stunning efficiency. But the pesticide can harm the neurological system of a person.
Guillermo...
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Can you imagine your diet giving you a bit of pesticide everyday! Thinking of the consequences of the silent killer, it scares me. Since last year, thinking of the...
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When we thin of healthy-food, fresh fruit and vegetables are the first ones to be put in the list. But, things are not so for the ones sold in Canada. Do you know, more...
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