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Beyond Pesticides 41st National Forum Series—Imperatives for a Sustainable Future. Beyond Pesticides offers the latest information on the hazards of pesticides and least-toxic alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children's health, pollinators and pesticides, organic food and agriculture, mosquito control and lawn care.
Beyond Pesticides Makes Science-based Case that It Is Imperative …
Apr 13, 2022 · For Immediate Release. Contact: Jay Feldman, 202-543-5450/ext.15; [email protected] . Beyond Pesticides Makes Science-based Case that It's Imperative to Phase Out Pesticides in a Decade. The organic solutions to problems highlighted in the latest issue of Pesticides and You —based on the importance of healthy ecosystems and public health protection—are within reach, and the ...
Monoculture Agriculture Leads to Poor Soil Health
Tracy G. Taylor Says: . Thank you for shedding light on the critical issue of soil health and the negative impacts of monoculture agriculture. Your research underscores the importance of embracing diverse cropping systems and sustainable practices to preserve soil quality, protect the environment, and ensure the long-term success of our farms.
Impacts of Pesticides on Wildlife — Beyond Pesticides
The impacts of pesticides on wildlife are extensive, and expose animals in urban, suburban, and rural areas to unnecessary risks. Beyond Pesticides defines "wildlife" as any organism that is not domesticated or used in a lab. This includes, but is not limited to, bees, birds, small mammals, fish, other aquatic organisms, and the biota within soil.
Daily News - Beyond Pesticides
The Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog features a post each business day on the health and environmental hazards of pesticides, pesticide regulation and policy, pesticide alternatives and cutting-edge science. Daily News is a service of Beyond Pesticides that is intended to keep activists, academicians, policy makers, the health care community ...
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Bayer/Monsanto in Roundup/Glyphosate Case Stung with Largest …
(Beyond Pesticides, February 23, 2024) The latest string of billion-dollar plaintiff judgments against Bayer/Monsanto, the maker of Roundup™ with active ingredient glyphosate, does not yet signal a capitulation by Bayer or a win for public health or the environment in the United States.
Hummingbirds Harmed by Pesticides Killing Off Bees, Butterflies, …
(Beyond Pesticides, February 23, 2021) The same pesticides implicated in the worldwide decline of insect pollinators also present significant risks to their avian counterparts, hummingbirds. Well known for their nectar-fueled hovering flight powered by wings beating over 50 times per second, hummingbirds display unique reactions to toxic pesticides. Research by scientists at …
Military Base Has Legacy of Pesticide and Other Toxic Chemical …
(Beyond Pesticides, September 19, 2018) “‘Don’t get pregnant at George Air Force Base’” was the advice imparted from one female Air Force member to another in 1975 at that base, located 100+ miles north of San Diego and used as an active military site from 1941–1992. From the start of their service at George AFB, both parties to this conversation came to …
Monoculture in Crop Production Contributes to Biodiversity Loss …
(Beyond Pesticides, July 26, 2019) The botanic denizens of wild and unmanaged lands typically comprise many different plant species. This is because nature abhors monocultures — the existence of a single kind of plant growing across some amount of territory. Yet, this is the dominant practice in modern agriculture, and brings with it a plethora of problems. One of them, emerging from an ...