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A recent article published in Scientific Reports details the harmful effects that agricultural pesticides can have on amphibians. Amphibians...
Nov 27, 2013
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development...
Nov 25, 2013
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Several studies have shown that living close to conventional farms can increase your risk of pesticide exposure, but a new study published in...
Nov 15, 2013
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New research shows that exposure to DDT could increase rates of obesity several generations down the line. Scientists at Washington State...
Nov 11, 2013
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A recent study examining manganese (Mn) levels in children showed that Mn-containing fungicides could contribute to higher Mn exposure in utero. Mn...
Nov 08, 2013
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A new study from New Zealand shows that exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides can affect the way that invasive insects interact with native...
Nov 06, 2013
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Methyl bromide is an organobromine compound used as a fumigant. Although methyl bromide use has been phased out pursuant to the Montreal Protocol...
Nov 02, 2013
Several recent studies have shown the potential adverse health effects of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. The latest study to do so was published in Food and Chemical Toxicology,...
Oct 30, 2013
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A new study conducted by researchers from the Ventana Wildlife Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Santa Barbara Zoo, the...
Oct 28, 2013
Resistance to two more pesticides has been discovered in the United States, according to a recent study entitled “Field Strains of Monilinia fructicola Resistant to Both MBC and DMI...
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