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Mounting scientific literature regarding neonicotinoid pesticides is finding they contaminate our rivers and streams, and likely play an...
Nov 04, 2014
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A recent study published in the journal Ecotoxicologyhas found that prolonged exposure to sub-lethal levels of neonicotinoid pesticides...
Oct 27, 2014
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As the human population continues to expand, biologists are looking for new ways to conserve biodiversity in an anthropogenic landscape. A recent...
Oct 24, 2014
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A recent study conducted by the National Institute of Health and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, shows that pesticide use is...
Oct 23, 2014
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A recent meta-analysis published in the Journal of Applied Ecology compared biodiversity under organic and conventional farming...
Oct 22, 2014
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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria evolve with the overuse of antibiotics, ‘superweeds’have evolved resistance to commonly used herbicides, and now a...
Oct 21, 2014
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A recent study published in Science of the Total Environment found high levels of toxic chemical contamination in Argentina’s Mar Chiquita wetland...
Oct 20, 2014
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Household dust is one way in which people are exposed to flame retardants. Polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are flame retardants...
Oct 17, 2014
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A recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology has found that maintaining healthy pollinator populations...
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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