Cosmetic Pesticide Bans Escalate
Recently, studies have linked pesticide exposure to leukemia and immune disorders in children as well as liver and kidney damage, reproductive problems and some types of cancer.Compiled by Delores...
View ArticleWhy Farmers Hate Using Fertilizer
People are far ahead of the government in demanding the banning of toxics.by Ingmar LeeI've been a professional BC silviculture worker since 1979, and since that time I've planted more than 1,000,000...
View ArticleTrees on Drugs - Chemicals Fertilizers Used on Forests
Tests commissioned by the Canadian Reforestation and Environmental Workers' Society on polymer-coated loose fertilizer revealed the presence of toxic metals (such as molybdenum and cadmium) not listed...
View ArticleAerial Spraying for Gypsy Moth at Burnaby Lake Despite New Health Evidence
by Paula LinquistA 1994 BC Ministry of Forests (MoF) Risk Assessment of Gypsy Moth in British Columbia states"... the direct impact of an established gypsy moth population on BC's natural resources...
View ArticlePotato Paradise Lost - Harmful Pesticides on PEI
The image of Prince Edward Island as a pastoral paradise is a thing of the past, as agricultural pesticides pollute the rivers of the Maritime province.by Sharon LabchukThe carefully constructed image...
View ArticlePesticides Place Children and Pets at Risk
Children are not simply small versions of adults-they can be affected more easily, and more seriously, by pesticides and other contaminants.In recent years there has been increasing concern about the...
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Disappearance of Bees and the Pesticide Link
by Anne SherrodCanada has been suffering unusually high losses of bees each winter since 2006. That's the year when a new and unexplained set of symptoms called colony collapse disorder (CCD) began to...
View ArticleAre Bt Toxins Safe to Eat?
by Anne SherrodThe pesticides Bt and Roundup loom large amongst the many concerns regarding genetically modified (GM) foods. The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) was once hailed as a completely...
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Pesticide Residues in Our Food - What Does It Really Mean?
by Miranda Holmes For the past eight years, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has been analysing the pesticide testing done by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and...
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Protecting Children from Pesticides - the Neglected Legacy of Rachel Carson
by Bruce Lanphear At the turn of the 20th century, the greatest threat to the health of children was infectious diseases, like cholera, tuberculosis and typhoid. The development of vaccines and...
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