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A new scientific study now shows that the Bt-toxin, known as Cry1Ab toxin, kills human embryonic kidney cells. Combined with Monsanto's RoundUp, it can delay apoptosis, thus promoting cancer.
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Pesticides used in the UK and France are damaging the ability of bees to navigate and the number of queen bees is in serious decline as a result. Scientists studied the use of pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are used throughout the world.
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Away from all the rioting, looting and general mayhem in our cities, a quiet revolution is happening in the English countryside.
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An annual city index on bed bug infestations, released just before the Memorial Day holiday, reminds travelers of the top cities where bedbug populations are concentrated.
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You have children and pets and a big backyard. In Ontario if you want to use a powerful pesticide in order to make sure your lawn is greener than the neighbours you may be tempted to order something online. That order could make you a criminal.
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"Good food - Good for you - Good for the earth." That is the motto at Planet Organic, a Canadian store that supplies organic food and household supplies.
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to ban endosulfan, a widely-used organochlorine pesticide.
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A study recently published in Pediatrics demonstrates a link between Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and organophosphate pesticides.
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Do you check the ingredients of your makeup? What about your household cleaners? Do you use pesticides for anything other than poison ivy and insects that are a danger? Dr. Victoria Le, Dr. Gideon Forman, Lisa Gue say you should.
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Scientists in the United Kingdom are turning moths gay to prevent them from mating, thus saving crops from their destructive larvae.
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Pesticides Headlines
Some of the world's most commonly used pesticides are killing bees by damaging their ability to navigate, reducing numbers of queens, research suggests.
 Pregnant women who showed higher exposure to a common agricultural pesticide had babies with slightly lower birth weights, a study by Canadian and U.S. researchers has found.
 Even low doses of popular pesticides can reduce bees' survival and reproduction, two new studies show.
 There is not enough evidence to justify a provincewide ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides but the regulations restricting their use should be tightened, according to a special committee of B.C. MLAs.
Government inspectors test imported juice for unapproved chemical.
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Pesticides Blogs
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NBC investigates the collapse of honeybee colonies and how the declining numbers threaten a majority of plants that...
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