Pesticide Contamination Articles & Analysis
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Companies are now providing critical information to the public — including test results for pesticides, heavy metals, and other contaminants — as well as other information about how their products are made," said Rebecca Spector, West Coast Director at Center for Food Safety. ...
Colorado and Oregon require retail marijuana to undergo testing for pesticides and other contaminants. But as the Oregon investigation showed, the testing regimes are imperfect. And Colorado hasn't yet implemented requirements for retail pot to undergo pesticide testing because of regulatory delays. Washington state is still working on its ...
"That simply no longer covers my costs," said Mamani, who uses pesticides but not chemical fertilizers. Global warming is also hurting production as highlands weather becomes more erratic - with more frequent frosts and dry spells. ...
These forests may take a long time to recover, said Nimal Gunatilleke, professor of botany at the University of Peradeniya, a co-author of the study KFR is home to 1,033 species of flowering plants, including 160 endemic to Sri Lanka The scientists said indiscriminate use of fertilisers and pesticides has changed soil composition and affected water quality in the forest, which ...
Detailed analysis of the May 24 limited sampling of floodwaters in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway in southeast Missouri found contamination at levels typically found in the Mississippi River in nine samples of collected water. ...
Geological Survey study. The declines in pesticide concentrations closely followed declines in their annual applications, indicating that reducing pesticide use is an effective and reliable strategy for reducing pesticide contamination in streams. ...
Consequently, new pesticides must undergo rigorous tests for safety before authorisation for use in the EU. ...
A new computerised tool helps regulators identify water sources at risk of pesticide contamination. The tool can be used to produce maps indicating water bodies at risk of contamination by taking into account: adjacent land-use, the concentration of pesticides in the environment and biological indicators of ...
Green Revolution agriculture increased the use of pesticides. Organochlorides, a chemical group of pesticides including DDT and dieldrin that spread with the Green Revolution, accumulated through the food chain and spread throughout ecosystems. Farm workers were poisoned by the new pesticides, water was contamined, and pests ...
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn the new rule, which re-defines the word 'pollutant' to exclude pesticides. Of particular concern to the environmental groups are aerial spraying and other direct applications of pesticides to creeks, rivers and wetlands. Pesticide contamination of waterways from such sources ...