Sentences with phrase «contamination by pesticides»

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Potential Contamination in Inputs: How it is addressed in the organic standards By Doug Currier, OMRI Review Program Technical Supervisor Pesticide contamination in compost is a concern particularly when compost is manufactured using conventional crop residues or residential yard waste, bothContamination in Inputs: How it is addressed in the organic standards By Doug Currier, OMRI Review Program Technical Supervisor Pesticide contamination in compost is a concern particularly when compost is manufactured using conventional crop residues or residential yard waste, bothcontamination in compost is a concern particularly when compost is manufactured using conventional crop residues or residential yard waste, both... Continued

In addition, farming organically also reduces ground and surface water contamination by refraining from the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, particularly important in areas prone to water shortages.

Waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

As a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

There was a 30 percent lower risk of pesticide contamination in organic than in conventional food, but it was rare for food from either group to exceed limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, she said.

While going fully organic might not be practical or even necessary, start now by doing your best to at least avoid «The Dirty Dozen,» the list of foods that has the highest level of pesticide contamination, or go organic on these.

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.

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.

«Replacing the native vegetation by sown pastures or crops might increase the meat yield and reduce the carbon footprint but generates negative impacts on the use of nutrients, pesticide contamination, soil erosion and use of fossil fuels,» said Modernel.

The Clean Fifteen is a list of foods, released by the Environmental Working Group, that are least likely to have pesticide contamination, even when grown conventionally.