Sentences with phrase «widespread use of herbicides»
Widespread use of herbicides leads to the contamination of water and soil.
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Widespread use of GM crops has already led to the creation of herbicide - resistant weeds in Canada and the U.S.
The loss of milkweed plants due to extensive herbicide use and changes in farming practices, such as the widespread adoption of herbicide - resistant crops, has been identified as a major contributing factor of monarch's decline in the eastern U.S. Disease, climate change, widespread insecticide use, and loss or degradation of nectar - rich habitat may also be contributing to declines.
Some of the most widespread mammary gland carcinogens include 1,4 - dioxane (found in detergents, shampoos, and soaps), perfluorooctanoic acid (used to manufacture Teflon), vinyl chloride (used to make PVC), and atrazine (a herbicide banned in Europe but widely used in the United States).