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  • Posted: September 4th, 2009 - 5:03pm

    Leipzig -- The long-term effects of pesticides on living organisms in rivers and on water quality can now be assessed more easily. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have developed a tool that can estimate the harmful effect of pesticides, such as those flushed into rivers and streams from agricultural land, within minutes.

    Date Published: 
    04.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
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  • Posted: September 2nd, 2009 - 9:38pm

    Consumers are increasingly being exposed to what chemistry Nobel laureate Irving Langmuir dubbed “pathological science,” the “science of things that aren’t so.” It is the specialty of self-styled public interest groups, whose agenda too often is not protection of public health or the environment, but intractable opposition to whatever research, product, or technolo

    Date Published: 
    02.sep.09
    Source Title: 
    Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, (Vol. 29, No. 15)
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  • Posted: September 1st, 2009 - 9:19am

    HOUSTON -- With the world population headed toward 9 billion by 2050, Texas author James McWilliams wants more genetically modified organisms and more subsidies to feed people, not cattle. His new book, Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, is sure to irritate organic food fundamentalists. He recently talked to Forbes.

    Date Published: 
    31.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    Forbes
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  • Posted: August 25th, 2009 - 8:41am

    The first hard evidence of what is happening physiologically inside bees during Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been published in a new study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of Illinois scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study also looked at differences in activity levels of critical genes in CCD and healthy bee colonies.

    Date Published: 
    24.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    ARS News Service
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  • Posted: August 22nd, 2009 - 9:08pm

    For decades, farmers, lawn care workers and professional green thumbs have relied on the popular weed killer atrazine to protect their crops, golf courses and manicured lawns. But atrazine often washes into water supplies and has become among the most common contaminants in American reservoirs and other sources of drinking water.

    Date Published: 
    23.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
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  • Posted: August 17th, 2009 - 2:05pm

    Nancy and Bryan Lara, ages 10 and 8, knew something was wrong when they saw a tractor surrounded by white clouds near their school bus stop in Caruthers. "I know that clouds are not on the ground, they're in the sky," Bryan said.

    Date Published: 
    16.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    Los Angeles Times
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  • Posted: August 17th, 2009 - 2:04pm

    Local Michigan and Illinois farmers market peaches showed far fewer pesticides residues than a large sample of conventional peaches tested by the USDA.

    Date Published: 
    15.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    Chicago Tribune
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  • Posted: August 17th, 2009 - 2:02pm

    WASHINGTON -- Mention rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint and most people think of a delicious meal. Think bigger…acres bigger. These well-known spices are now becoming organic agriculture's key weapons against insect pests as the industry tries to satisfy demands for fruits and veggies among the growing portion of consumers who want food produced in more natural ways.

    Date Published: 
    16.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    American Chemical Society
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  • Posted: August 15th, 2009 - 10:33pm

    The California stone fruit industry is launching a multifront attack on a report of high and in some cases illegal use of pesticides on peaches.

    Date Published: 
    15.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    The Packer
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  • Posted: August 13th, 2009 - 12:52pm

    Farmers in Bhutan are at risk from pesticide mis-management, according to findings by the food and agriculture organisation (FAO) and the national plant protection centre (NPPC). The study was carried out over 45 days in eight dzongkhags this year after high, medium and low risk gewogs were identified, based on pesticide use in each dzongkhag.

    Date Published: 
    12.aug.09
    Source Title: 
    Kuensel Online
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