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Unfortunately, the EPA has not been as aggressive as regulatory bodies in other nations, making the U.S. lag behind in banning pesticides and herbicides that have already been prohibited elsewhere. Hundreds of harmful pesticides are still in use in the … Continue reading →

Center for Biological Diversity: Pesticide Use on Crops Grown in Refuges Spikes in California, Oregon, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland Source: Analysis: 490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges The center for Biological Diversity has done more for our … Continue reading →

An outspoken member of the r/NativePlantGardening community expressed disappointment that The Arbor Day Foundation sells invasive plant species. Source: Gardener raises concerns after suspicious experience with popular nature nonprofit: ‘I’ve also cut them out’ “I think as a nonprofit grows … Continue reading →

Carbon Robotics LaserWeeders kill weeds among specialty row crops such as baby spinach, broccoli, kale, carrots, lettuce, cilantro, and onions. As you can see in the photos, weeds can’t compete with crops when Carbon Robotics patrols the fields. Source: Laserweeding … Continue reading →

Homeless woman with all of her possessions in a shopping cart just stopped on the side of a highway and carefully picked up a butterfly and carried it very carefully 10 ft off the road talking to it in Spanish, … Continue reading →

Source: New study finds little-known toxic crop chemical in four out of five people tested “EWG’s new study on chlormequat is the first of its kind in the U.S.,” said EWG Toxicologist Alexis Temkin, Ph.D, lead author of the study. … Continue reading →

Pablo Castelló and Francisco Santiago-Ávila NSW has recently begun the aerial killings of 14,000 feral horses in Kosciuszko in the name of protecting biodiversity. But why should conserving native species diversity take precedence over other inherently valuable expressions of animal … Continue reading →

Meredith Stevenson, Staff Attorney, Center for Food Safety mstevenson@centerforfoodsafety.org Source: Federal Court Halts Spraying of Monsanto’s Dicamba Pesticide Across Millions of Acres of Cotton, Soybeans Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity Rock! Spread the Good News … Continue reading →

In a study published in Nature Medicine, U.K. researchers linked growth hormone treatments to the development of Alzheimer’s. Dementia experts shared input on the findings. Source: Alzheimer’s disease found to be transmitted through medical procedures decades ago, study finds But … Continue reading →

Flying mammals are a boon to U.S. economy Those bats in the belfry are worth billions. By keeping insect pests in check, bats save U.S. farmers as much as $53 b Source: Billion-dollar Bats Do you think that the pesticide … Continue reading →