A junk science-fueld attack on insecticides continues. Continue reading Claim: UK betraying bees
Category: Pesticides
Mosquito-Fighting Plan Allows Access To Private Property With No Warrant
“The 2012 West Nile season was the worst on record in Texas. More than 1800 were infected, 86 people died.” Continue reading Mosquito-Fighting Plan Allows Access To Private Property With No Warrant
Food Police: EPA should limit farmer use of weed killers
CSPI apparently wants EPA to go into farm management. Continue reading Food Police: EPA should limit farmer use of weed killers
MOJO: Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds
New weeds can be managed by new herbicides — but those herbicides have first to make it through the technology-resistant political/regulatory process. Continue reading MOJO: Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds
DDT causes type 2 diabetes?
In poor Granadians, decades after the pesticide was banned? Continue reading DDT causes type 2 diabetes?
Study: No cancer risk from atrazine
Contrary to enviro claims. Continue reading Study: No cancer risk from atrazine
EU proposes to ban insecticides linked to bee decline
Syngenta’s response is here. Continue reading EU proposes to ban insecticides linked to bee decline
EPA makes world safer for rats
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving to ban the sale of 12 D-Con mouse and rat poison products produced by Reckitt Benckiser Inc. because these products fail to comply with current EPA safety standards.” Continue reading EPA makes world safer for rats
Claim: Common pesticides ‘can kill frogs within an hour’
So after 70 years of widespread pesticide use, why are there any frogs alive? Continue reading Claim: Common pesticides ‘can kill frogs within an hour’
Syngenta responds to EU attack on widely used pesticide
Imaginary threats to bees pose actual threats to EU farmers. Continue reading Syngenta responds to EU attack on widely used pesticide
Syngenta, Bayer pesticides pose honeybee threat – EFSA
“Bayer CropScience said in a statement it did not believe EFSA’s findings altered the conclusions of previous EU assessments of its products, which found no unacceptable risks in their use.” Continue reading Syngenta, Bayer pesticides pose honeybee threat – EFSA
Insecticide ‘unacceptable’ danger to bees, EU report finds
“EFSA has focused on highly theoretical risks to bees, ignoring years of independent monitoring that demonstrates the identified risks are being managed through established stewardship practices.” Continue reading Insecticide ‘unacceptable’ danger to bees, EU report finds