Pesticides And Toxins

The pesticides that are increasing risk of extinction for bumblebee populations

Bumblebee queens are a common sight on a spring day, their large furry bodies flying industriously from flower to flower.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2017
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, Bees, Environment, Ecology, European Union (EU)
Pesticides And Toxins

U.S. state prosecutors join push to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos

Six state prosecutors are seeking to join a lawsuit to force the U.S.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2017
Reuters
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, United States Of America (US), Chlorpyriphos, Environment, Health Effects
Pesticides

Nicotine-based pesticides harm bees despite corporations' claims, major study finds amid calls for total ban

Researchers found a 24 per cent reduction in bee populations at test sites in Hungary was linked to use of neonicotinoids, but also some 'positive' effects of its use in Germany

Publication Date: 
30/06/2017
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Environment, Bees, Hungary, Pesticide Use, European Union (EU)
Agriculture

Tobacco and its environmental impact: an overview

This overview assembles existing evidence on the ways in which tobacco affects human well-being from an environmental perspective – i.e. the indirect social and economic damage caused by the cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and waste generated by tobacco products.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2017
World Health Organization
Tags:
Tobacco, Agriculture, Land Use, Green House Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Waste Disposal, Occupational Health, Chemical Fertilisers, Pesticide Use, Land Degradation, Deforestation
Pesticides And Toxins

Bumblebees: Pesticide 'reduces queen egg development'

Use of a common pesticide in spring could have an impact on wild bumblebees by interfering with their life cycle, a UK study suggests.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2017
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Pesticides, Pesticide Use, Bees, United Kingdom (UK)
Agriculture

State of agriculture in India

Agricultural productivity depends on several factors. These include the availability and quality of agricultural inputs such as land, water, seeds and fertilizers, access to agricultural credit and crop insurance, assurance of remunerative prices for agricultural produce, and storage and marketing infrastructure, among others.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
PRS Legislative Research (PRS)
Tags:
Agriculture, India, Development, GDP, Food Security, Nutrition, Trade, Crop Insurance, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), Irrigation, Chemical Fertilisers, Subsidies, GM Crops, Pesticide Use, Post Harvest Losses, Statistics
Health

Net loss? - Agrochemicals and insecticide resistance in the fight against malaria

A combination of indoor spraying and use of insecticide-treated bed nets has slashed cases of malaria, but now researchers are reporting widespread resistance of mosquitoes to the chemicals used to kill them. Agricultural pesticides appear to be playing a role in fostering this resistance.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
01/03/2017
Winifred A. Bird
Environmental Health Perspectives
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1-8
Tags:
Malaria, Insecticide, Vector Borne Diseases, Pesticide Use, Health Effects, Burkina Faso, Africa, Synthetic Pyrethroids, Agriculture, Pest Control
Pesticides And Toxins

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food

The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, pursuant to Council resolutions 6/2, 31/10 and 32/8.

Publication Date: 
24/01/2017
United Nations
Tags:
Pesticides, Pesticide Use, Health Effects, Human Rights, Food Security, Agriculture, India, Global, Farmers, Agricultural Labourers
Pesticides And Toxins

An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae

Honey bees are highly valued for their pollination services in agricultural settings, and recent declines in managed populations have caused concern. Colony losses following a major pollination event in the United States, almond pollination, have been characterized by brood mortality with specific symptoms, followed by eventual colony loss weeks later.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2017
Julia D. Fine, Diana L. Cox-Foster, Christopher A. Mullin
Scientific Reports
1-9
Tags:
Honey Bees, Pesticide Use, Agriculture, United States Of America (US), Viral Diseases
Agriculture

Transgenic crops: hazards and uncertainties

New review from Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development highlights hazards and uncertainties of GM crops. The Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) has published an important new book: “Transgenic crops hazards and uncertainties: More than 750 studies disregarded by the GMOs regulatory bodies”.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2017
Gilles Ferment, Leonardo Melgarejo, Gabriel Bianconi Fernandes, José Maria Ferraz
Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development
Tags:
GM Crops, GMOs, Agriculture, Bt Cotton, India, Global, Biotechnology, Pesticide Use, Environment, Toxins, Health Effects

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