Tag: pesticides
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EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk
WASHINGTON – Today, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action, following several years of unprecedented efforts…
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Even very low levels of pesticide exposure can affect fish for generations, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the impact extending to offspring that were never exposed firsthand, a recent study found. The findings raise concerns not just for fish, but for all vertebrates that are exposed to…
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Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams
A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community health and therefore the health of our stream and river ecosystems. The USGS used multiple research strategies from statistical modeling to laboratory experiments to sampling in more than 400 streams across the United States. Scientists…
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Organic growers see new role in the age of climate change
photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey on Nov. 29, 2023. It’s hard to find a job fighting climate change, oddly. But the organic farming industry is one place where a person can make a living making a difference. Food systems account…
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Organic farming — new role in the age of climate change
photo credit: Ruth Dusseault/Bay City News A robotic weeder that uses no herbicide, at the Organic Growers Summit in Monterey on Nov. 29, 2023. It’s hard to find a job fighting climate change, oddly. But the organic farming industry is one place where a person can make a living making a difference. Food systems account…
