Sentences with phrase «negative effects of pesticides»

In the past few decades, the negative effects of pesticides have been receiving more and more attention in the media.

«We also found that the negative effects of these pesticides are sometimes greater when the pesticides occur in combinations within the hive.

The Environmental Justice Foundation elaborates more on the world wide negative effects of pesticide use in cotton.

Not exact matches

The world's food security would be ensured even with over 9 billion people in 2050, agricultural land area would not increase, greenhouse gas emissions would be lowered and the negative effects of today's intensive food systems, such as nitrogen surplus and high pesticide exposure, would be greatly reduced.

However, unlike conventional agricultural practices which use large amounts of arsenic - based herbicide, insecticide and feed formulations — organic agriculture strictly prohibits their use — as well as a wide range of toxic pesticides with documented negative health and environmental effects that end up on and in our food supply on a daily basis.

Jay Vroom, CEO and spokesman at CropLife America, a trade partnership of seed and pesticide manufacturers, says studies measuring the effect of neonics on bees in field conditions «consistently demonstrate no negative effects.»

The results of both teams, published in the 30 June issue of Science, reveal that while factors like the health of local bee colonies and the availability of food sources influence the impact of neonicotinoids, the pesticide's effects are largely negative.

Interestingly, also negative effects of agricultural chemicals such as fertilisers and pesticides can be seen even at the coarse European scale and even more worrying is the fact that these negative effects are likely to be amplified with increasing temperatures as they can be expected from climate change.

Exposure to pesticides and fungicides have been proven to cause negative short - term or long - term effects on the environment and the health of animals and humans, especially in the reproductive, endocrine and central nervous systems.

Neither study involved the use of grass - fed organic meats, which is critical because hormones and pesticides used in livestock farming also have negative long - term effects on patient health.

It all comes down to weighing the negative impact of fleas vs the potentially harmful effects of pesticides.

The week aims to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators, and the threats they face, from loss of habitat to negative effects from pesticides.