pesticides
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Health & Disease
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns
Cynthia Curl, Boise State University and Carly Hyland, University of California, Berkeley Living near farmland can significantly increase people’s exposure…
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Bird Life
Europe has lost over half a billion birds in 40 years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers
A trickle of studies warning that the enormous variety of living things on Earth is diminishing has turned into a…
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Health & Disease
‘Silent Spring’ Triggered an Environmental Movement
The book ‘Silent Spring’ triggered an environmental movement and as such we have known the toxic effects of chemical agriculture,…
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