Sentences with phrase «meaning less pesticides»
«By reducing water use, growers also can reduce fertilizer leaching, as well as prevent fungi diseases, meaning less pesticides,» said Maria Zamora, who conducted the experiment for her master's thesis.
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It would also mean that less pesticides are required that are dangerous to other species.
It's one of the goodies on the Clean Fifteen list, meaning it's less likely to have been exposed to pesticides in chemicals during the growing process.
This not only means 71 % less water and 62 % less energy is used, but also that nasty pesticide - ridden cotton isn't resting next to your butt, possibly permeating your skin (yes, this is a thing, according to Greenpeace).
If the authors mean to say that some of the more than 750 chemicals added throughout the fracking process can be likened to PCBs or pesticides because of similar chemical structure, they might spend a bit more ink supporting that observation, and less making scary allegations.