Pesticide

Autism and Chemicals, Cancer Report Under Fire and Kudos!

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Salmon, Awareness, Carcinogen, Ge, Fda, Environment, Pregnancy, Autism, Cancer, Pesticide, Label, Parents News
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Congratulations to these amazing visionaries; we are so grateful for their support and thankful as they continue to expand the healthy parenting movement!

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Widely-Used Pesticides Killing Bees

Heather Pilatic | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Pesticides, Bees Neonicotinoids, Bees, Beekeeping, Pesticide Action Network, Beekeepers, Common Pesticides, Pesticide Use, Honeybees, Pesticide, Green News
Heather Pilatic

Pesticides are prevalent, persistent and more scientists confirm everyday that they are making bees sick (or dead). The sad truth? Beekeepers have been sounding this alarm from the ground for years. Would that we had listened.

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NRDC Files Lawsuit Blocking Untested Nanosilver Pesticide From Clothing

Jennifer Sass | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Silver, Pesticide, Nanotechnology, Nrdc, Green News
Jennifer Sass

Today we filed a federal lawsuit to block nanosilver, a potent antimicrobial pesticide, from market access. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

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Armed With Pesticide, Bug Spray Bandit Robs Bank

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Man Robs Bank With Pesticide, Pesticides, Bug Spray Bandit, California, Insecticides, Insecticide, Bank Robbery, California Crime, Man Robs Bank With Insecticide, Bug Spray, Video, Dumb Crime, Man Robs Bank With Bug Spray, Weird California, Pesticide, Weird News News

He was armed and dangerous -- particularly to insects. Law enforcement officials in California are seeking information about a man who robbed a Ran...

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Their Spray Rigs in a Twist

Ken Cook | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Produce, Tom Vilsack, Agriculture, Pesticide Data Program, Obama, Organic, Shopper?S Guide to Pesticides, National Academy of Sciences, Usda, Agribussiness, Farm Bill, Poison, Nutrition, Alliance for Food and Farming, Pesticide, Pesticide Lobbyists, Fresh Vegetables, Pesticides Produce, Organic Fruit, Fresh Fruit, Green News
Ken Cook

It apparently doesn't occur to the pesticide-produce lobby that the reason sales for organic products have surged is because they taste better and don't deliver toxic pesticides into one's daily diet.

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Escape from the Heartland - Atrazine, Susan G. Komen, and KFC

Sandra Steingraber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Atrazine, Cancer Prevention, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Corn, Kfc, Breast Cancer, Illinois, Cancer, Breast Cancer Action, Buckets for the Cure Campaign, Iowa, Weedkiller, Pesticide, Indiana, Green News
Sandra Steingraber

When you are peddling fried chicken breasts in the name of addressing breast cancer, you are distracting us from an ongoing battle about the use of atrazine in the creation of that food.

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Is Your Lawn "Green"?

Waylon Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green, Pesticides, Poison, Eco, Lawn, Pesticide, Boulder, Video, Denver News
Waylon Lewis

"Pesticide," as most of us know, is a fancy word for "poison." Injested through food (say, on your apple tree), it's really bad. Runoff into our waterways, real bad.

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EPA cancelling toxic pesticide, endosulfan

Jennifer Sass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Toxicchemicals, Pesticide, Toxic, Endosulfan, Hazard, Green News
Jennifer Sass

Today, after years of pushing by NRDC and others, EPA announced that it is cancelling all - ALL- uses of the pesticide endosulfan. Yay! Endosulfa...

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Cancer-free Strawberries Please!

Ana Joanes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fresh the Movie, Pesticides, Ana-Joanes, Pesticide Action Network, Cancer Prevention, Organic Food, Fresh, Food Safety, Cancer, Pesticide, Ana Joanes, Children's Health, Methyl Iodide, Green News
Ana Joanes

My little girl is barely 10-months and I just love to watch her eat a strawberry, leaving her little face and fingers red and sticky! But I only give ...

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EPA Decides to Take a New Look at Atrazine

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pesticides, Drinkingwater, Simplesteps, Atrazine, Toxics, Midwest, Health, Ecosytems, Pesticide, Frogs, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will initiate a review of the health and environmental effects of atrazine, one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States.

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Health Care: Scientific or Rational?

Kim Evans | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Pesticides, Flouride, Body Cleansing, Healthy Lifestyle, Personal Health, Exposure to Chemicals, Healthy Diet, Unhealthy Diets, Chemicals, Toxic Chemicals, Personal Responsibility, Unhealthy Eating, Organic Food, Pesticide, Cancer, Heart Disease, Cleansing, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthy Living News
Kim Evans

It's time we started thinking about things differently. If a reliance on proven demonstrated science has gotten us exactly to where we are now, perhaps a shift of focus to rational is the best move we can make.

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Agricultural Pesticides a Major Threat to Lions

Panthera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poison, Lion, Hunting, Ranching, Panthera, Africa, Furadan, Conservation, Pesticide, 60 Minutes, Green News
Panthera

Sold legally to farmers for their crops, Furadan is all too accessible to herders, ranchers and pastoralists who use it to poison predators which might kill their livestock.

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