Sentences with phrase «by pesticides»

And review this list of the produce most contaminated by pesticides.

The indoor application is intended to protect bees, also suspected of being harmed by this pesticide.

The company strives to reduce the risks posed by pesticide use by scouting the areas where it is to be used and applying it only where necessary, according to the company.

Take care in eating already - dead insects, as they may have been killed by pesticide.

Free radicals are harmful compounds released by pesticides, smoke, unhealthy food and other products of the daily life.

We believe organic is important for lots of reasons, from the quality of our environment to the risk of contamination of the food we eat by pesticides and heavy metals.

However, for obtaining the iodine, make sure you select only organic potatoes as the iodine can get sucked by the pesticides on other potatoes.

A very large percentage of soy is genetically modified and it also has one of the highest percentages of contamination by pesticides of any of our foods.

The concentrations of chemicals building up in waters exceeds levels approved as safe by pesticide regulations.

Often, bees are harmed by pesticides that are not intended to affect them at all.

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A 2011 report from the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland identified Eastern Europe as one of the regions where people's health is most affected by pesticide, lead, and mercury pollution.

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When Kelly asked his sister if the doctors thought it could have been triggered by pesticide exposure from treated grass, she said, «We don't have to worry about that; you guys are organic.»

Unsurprisingly, the findings were primarily based on research submitted to the EPA by the pesticide industry, and mainly by Monsanto, the chemical company that makes Roundup.

Belgium's 18 species of bat are all endangered by pesticides and less tolerant home owners.

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

Despite the FSC certificate, communities surrounded by thousands of hectares of eucalyptus speak of dropping water levels and water sources polluted by pesticides.

He calls attention, as experts increasingly are doing, to the deterioration of the world's resources in arable land and forests and to the pollution of air and water by pesticides and waste products.

If a person believes their plants are pesticide and contaminant free and yet feels a tingling or numbing sensation when the extract is touched to the lips, it is a sure sign of contamination — most likely by pesticides and most likely by Malathion.

The female - biased sex ratio of some western gull colonies may have been the result of pollution by pesticides that acted like estrogen and made some male embryos develop as females.

But in the education provided to me by the Earth Mama staff it was pointed out that lanolin may be tainted by pesticides used to keep flies away from the sheep.

While one form of antioxidant vitamin A is added to milk (but not all dairy products), it is likely counteracted by the pesticide and drug residues.

Herbicide - resistant plants require the companion herbicide to be approved by the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD).

Some honeybees were sickened by the pesticides and fungicides, which also hindered the growth of larvae in some cases, she said.

Crop failure is further exacerbated by pesticide treatments which cause the death of insects such as bees through neonicotinoids.

What happens when pollinating insects become so reduced by pesticides that a region's flora suffer?

If fresh plantain grows in your yard, you can make sure it has not been sprayed by pesticides or pets and use in teas or the young leaves in salads.

These roots are wild crafted from the lush tropical rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia where it is untouched by pesticide and industrial pollution.

According to a new report by Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK), these include endocrine disruptors which interfere with hormone systems and organophosphates that can negatively affect children's cognitive development.

Peregrine falcons have recently been restored to the island and are nesting successfully once again after years of decimation by the pesticide DDT.

Though widespread throughout Armenia, storks are threatened in some areas by pesticides and heavy metals in the environment, which accumulate throughout the food chain in the fish and small animals the big birds eat.

Among other factors, beekeepers said 13 percent of colonies in the second quarter of this year were stressed by pesticides, 12 percent by mites and pests other than varroa and 4.3 by diseases.

Although its contribution varies by pesticide and by person, for the average person, food is only a minor contributor to exposures many common pesticides, including chlorpyrifos (used mostly on cotton, corn, almonds, and orange and apple fruit trees) and permethrin (used mostly on cotton, wheat, corn, alfalfa, and poultry).

And will these shades of grey allow the Commission, supported by the pesticides industry, to wriggle out of its transparency obligations in the future?

A study released last summer by Friends of the Earth - US and co-authored by the Pesticide Research Institute, found that seven of 13 samples of garden plants at some large national retailers in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay area contained neonicotinoids, including plants marketed as «bee - friendly.»

The FSC sets limits for additives, when they are used, ensuring that the product is not contaminated by pesticides or any other pollutant.

«There are also more extreme environmental conditions such as periods of hot weather, drought or flood disasters, to be taken into account when considering the ex-tent of damage caused by pesticide use alone,» states ACIB researcher Christin Zachow.

Caterpillars and butterflies are greatly affected 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.

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Furthermore they can be harmed by pesticide contaminated water flowing into their stable burrows.

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Yet if researchers confidentially gather private health data on people harmed by that pesticide, that evidence could be inadmissible for regulation.