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Pesticides Causing Mass Animal Die-Offs

We humans have managed to eradicate a large amount of insect pests with our modern chemicals – but at what cost? Since Rachel Carson first sounded the alarm about pesticides back in the 1950s, we may have banned DDT, but other substances are just as dangerous.
As we watch disturbing numbers of animals die off before [...]

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EPA Bans Highly Toxic Pesticide

A toxic bird-killing, worker-poisoning pesticide will no longer appear in our food after an EPA decision to ban the chemical concoction. Tests have shown carbofuran to be highly toxic to mammals, marine animals, freshwater fish, birds and other creates and causes damage to the nervous system in humans, including respiratory paralysis and death.
From NRDC:
Initially, EPA [...]

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Exposure to Pesticides Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

If you live near a farm sprayed with a combination of pesticides, you may be at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. New research has found that, when mixed, two common pesticides called maneb and paraquat have ill health effects that may explain the increased rates of Parkinson’s among farmers and rural residents.
From The Daily [...]

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Keep Drinking Organic Milk: It’s Making a Difference

Organic farming is better for the environment than conventional farming: that much is already well known. But no one has actually put a number on just how many pounds of destructive chemical fertilizers and pesticides have been avoided thanks to a percentage of consumers choosing to buy organic food: until now.
The Organic Center, a non-profit [...]

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Who’s Who in Green: Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson is regarded by many as the godmother of the environmental movement. It was her book, Silent Spring, that sowed the seeds of passion for protecting the environment – and she wrote it in 1962, years before hippies brought the concept of ‘saving the earth’ to mainstream consciousness.
Carson grew up in the rural river [...]

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Ant Problem? Tackle it with Green Solutions

Once you start seeing ants around the house, it seems like it’s a never-ending problem – unless you want to resort to dangerous chemicals, which can be toxic to kids and pets (not to mention the environment). There are actually some fairly easy, humane, green ways to kill ants – or if you’re really [...]

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