Sentences with phrase «more weed killers»

Farmers use five times more weed killers on their crops then they did in 1997, and with 94 percent of soybeans and 72 percent of corn being grown this way, herbicide use has exploded, according to a story in The New York Times.

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Pulling weeds by hand instead of using chemical weed killers is more labor - intensive in the first year or two — but it is better for soil health and can lower a farmer's greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs.

Women who drink water contaminated with low levels of the weed killer atrazine may be more likely to have irregular menstruation and low estrogen levels, according to a new study

Mithila Jugulam, assistant professor of agronomy, led a study that looked at how kochia — invasive weed populations that are taking over crops and non-crop areas in western Kansas and the Great Plains — evolved resistance to the most used herbicide glyphosate, more commonly known as Roundup Weed Kilweed populations that are taking over crops and non-crop areas in western Kansas and the Great Plains — evolved resistance to the most used herbicide glyphosate, more commonly known as Roundup Weed KilWeed Killer.

A large analysis of more than 100 studies from around the world shows that exposure to pesticides, or bug and weed killers, and solvents is likely associated with a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease.

On the pro side, supporters claim that changes to the genetic structure of a plant can help it resist weed killers, avoid pests, and yield more crops, but the anti-GMOers remind us that the long - term effects of these foods just aren't clear.

And dogs that live in homes where chemical weed killers are used are three times more likely to develop lymphomas.

On February 26, 2018, a federal judge in the District Court for the Eastern District of California halted a Prop 65 requirement that Monsanto place warning labels on its Roundup products, deciding that there was «insufficient evidence» the popular weed killer causes cancer... → Read More: California Federal Court Finds «Insufficient Evidence» to Require Warning Labels on Roundup Products