Sentences with phrase «poisoned by pesticides»

The World Health Organization estimates that at least 3 million people are poisoned by pesticides every year, resulting in 220,000 deaths worldwide annually.

They run increased risk of being accidentally poisoned by pesticides or deliberately poisoned by malicious humans.

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A rare but serious cause of green stool in kids and adults is poisoning by chemicals such as the pesticide paraquat.

Bald eagles have made a remarkable recovery across the United States since the pesticide DDT was banned 45 years ago, but the majestic birds are still dying from another environmental poison: lead from bullets and shotgun pellets in wildlife carcasses left behind by hunters.

• A Steuben County sheep farmer and two others last year for allegedly poisoning two bald eagles and a red - tailed hawk; • A Niagara County farmer who inadvertently killed three juvenile bald eagles in 2014 by putting poisoned meat on his farm in an effort to kill coyotes; • And a farmer in Allegany County who several years ago applied left - over pesticide to a corn field to «use up the product,» killing a pair of bald eagles and nearly three dozen geese.

One suspicion, which is supported by studies released March 29, is that pesticides or some other poison might impair a forager's memory or behavior.

According to Chris Mullin, professor of entomology, Penn State, these pesticides may directly poison honeybee larvae or they may indirectly kill them by disrupting the beneficial fungi that are essential for nurse bees to process pollen into beebread.

As creatures that live by scavenging, they are normally highly resistant to disease, and group mortalities are usually the result of pesticide poisoning.

A farm chemical with an infamous history — causing the worst known outbreak of pesticide poisoning in North America — is being phased out under an agreement announced Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

A study of Indian cotton farming in 2011 showed that pesticide use in India had dropped by at least half, and that 2.4 million cases of pesticide poisoning had been avoided.

Pesticides help growers by poisoning some of the farmers» worst enemies: insects, weeds and disease.

Most pesticides and insecticides work by poisoning the pest.

Each ingredient is 100 % USDA Certified Organic (as tested by ProCert) so you can rest assured you're not ingesting needless pesticides and other poisons.

By researching naturl health issues, I learned that common symptoms of pesticide poisoning include an inability to think, poor concentration, hyperactivity, poor coordination, weakness, nervousness, breathing problems, muscle pains, and twitching — the symptoms we associate with a number of neurological disorders, including ADHD.

He dates his interest in alternative medicine to his own recovery from chronic fatigue and pesticide poisoning in 1993, and reports he is influenced and inspired by the work of Linus Pauling and Mathias Raft, M.D.

A rare but serious cause of green stool in kids and adults is poisoning by chemicals such as the pesticide paraquat.

• Many situations of acute renal failure can be prevented by ensuring dogs are kept safely away from toxic substances like antifreeze, heavy metals, rat poison and other pesticides, common household medicines, and certain foods and plants.

Mongabay quotes American Bird Conservancy's president Mike Parr, who gives some important context: Parr says up to one billion birds are killed each year from hitting buildings, another billion get killed by kitty, 50 million die hitting communication towers, 15 million die from pesticide poisoning.

The coalition filed the charge in cooperation with German beekeepers who claim they lost thousands of hives after poisoning by the Bayer pesticide clothianidin in May.

What can I do if my roommates poisoned me by improperly using pesticide without asking if it was okay with me to use it or even warning me or telling me after the fact?