Pesticide Exposure Articles & Analysis
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Another study the EPA mentions suggests that 80% of most people's exposure to pesticides occurs indoors and that measurable levels of up to a dozen pesticides have been found in the air inside homes. These same pesticides are used in schools, offices, and other buildings. Exposure to pesticides ...
Another study EPA mentions suggests that 80% of most people's exposure to pesticides occurs indoors and that measurable levels of up to a dozen pesticides have been found in the air inside homes. ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation that revises the requirements on the pesticide application exclusion zone (AEZ), defined as an “area surrounding the point(s) of pesticide discharge from the application equipment that must generally be free of all persons during ...
On January 22, 2016, Ontario released for consultation a draft Health Action Plan (Plan) to reduce losses of honeybees and other pollinators caused by several “stressors” stated in the Plan to include: (1) reduced habitat and poor nutrition; (2) diseases, pests, and genetics; (3) exposure to pesticides; and (4) extreme weather and climate change. This ...
Crop management can involve a range of pesticides, yet few studies have looked at how pesticides affect wild bees. ...
The EPA says that between 1,800 and 3,000 cases of pesticide exposure are reported each year at farms, nurseries and other agricultural operations covered by the current standards. ...
“The agency will continue its work to reduce exposure from pesticides that pose the greatest risk to those who are the most vulnerable.” From 1995 to 2013, EPA has reduced exposure from carbamates, the class of insecticide that includes propoxur. ...
If honeybees are busy pollinating large, blooming croplands, farmers wanting to spray toxic pesticides will soon have to buzz off, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing. ...
” EPA’s plan only addresses bees’ acute exposure to insecticides, not the long term, sub-lethal effects of neonicotinoids. New science suggests sub-lethal exposure in agricultural landscapes could be even more damaging to pollinating species, particularly wild bees, than acute exposure. ...
Methyl bromide is an odorless broad spectrum pesticide used for the control of insects, nematodes, weeds, pathogens and rodents. ...
The benefits could be enormous: under conventional circumstances, brinjal is sprayed with toxic pesticides as much as 140 times a season in order to prevent infestation by an insect pest called the fruit and shoot borer. The Bt brinjal is fully resistant, so farmers can dramatically reduce their use of pesticides, their exposure to toxins, and ...
“Updating the 20-year old regulation to provide more protections to the nation’s two million farm workers and their families from pesticide exposure is a priority for EPA.” The proposed changes provide significant improvements to worker training regarding the safe use of pesticides, including how to prevent and effectively ...
Specifically, the UVM project is designed to reduce pesticide use and improve pest control, while increasing crop yields on 75 acres of hops in the Northeast. ...
Protecting our nation’s farm workers from pesticide exposure is at the core of EPA’s work to ensure environmental justice.” EPA is proposing significant improvements to worker training regarding the safe usage of pesticides, including how to prevent and effectively treat pesticide exposure. ...
These practices involve monitoring and identifying pests and taking preventive action before pesticides are used. If pesticides are needed, methods such as targeted spraying may be used. ...
These practices involve monitoring and identifying pests and taking preventive action before pesticides are used. If pesticides are needed, methods such as targeted spraying may be used. ...
Non-target aquatic wildlife species may be more vulnerable to pesticides’ effects, with repeated exposure to low doses over the long-term, if they compete with other species for food, according to a recent study. ...
The Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department released a report in May concluding that additional research and improved data collection are needed to determine whether pesticide exposure is contributing to pollinator population declines. The report identified several factors that are believed to play a role in the population declines, including ...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed new pesticide labels that prohibit use of some neonicotinoid pesticide products where bees are present. “Multiple factors play a role in bee colony declines, including pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to protect bees from pesticide ...
The report states that there are multiple factors playing a role in honey bee colony declines, including parasites and disease, genetics, poor nutrition and pesticide exposure. "There is an important link between the health of American agriculture and the health of our honeybees for our country's long term agricultural productivity," said Agriculture Deputy ...