Sentences with phrase «pesticides used in this country»

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A new website, www.RachelWasWrong.com, explains the unintended consequences of her opposition to pesticide use, including millions of preventable deaths in developing countries.

He has refused to limit the use of numerous pesticides; he has repealed regulations on methane flares; he has punted on the question of addressing lead in water, which we know is definitely not a problem in this country, insisting that the question demands at least six years of further study.

Foodstocks are continuously piling up but so are the number of people without access to adequate food, those suffering from hunger and starvation, while in the meanwhile there has taken place a major decline in the quality of food available to the people, thanks to the excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers, more so in the poorer countries as the more hazardous pesticides are banned in the rich countries and both exported to and dumped in the poor countries.

We witness examples of such devastation in our countries such as through the use of chemical pesticides and even fertilizers, the deporting of our mineral wealth by mining transnational corporations, the exploitation of our workers, women and children and the ill - effects of drugs, arms sales and even of some types of tourism.

Pesticides that are banned in the U.S. or Europe are still being used in many coffee - growing countries, especially older broad - spectrum insecticides which are highly toxic, but relatively inexpensive.

Important: All pesticides are under stringent restrictions of licensing, registration, and use at both federal and state levels in the United States, in Europe, and many other countries.

Each year in the US alone, 10,000 workers die from cancers related to pesticide use, while in developing countries, that figure more than doubles.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that some 857 million pounds of conventional pesticide were used in the country in 2007.

It turns out that tea is one of the most pesticide - laden products out there, and in some countries, really nasty pesticides like atrazine are used on tea plantations.

So Chaisson and her team are concentrating on commercializing their pesticides in the U.S. because not only is the market is easier to get into than the Canadian market, but it's also larger: «The market in that country alone is in the billions, but it's fragmented between the professional lawn care industry, golf courses, and home uses,» she adds.

HCB, a pesticide that has been banned in the U.S. since1984, is still used in some other countries.

The researchers noted «a clear disparity» between today's most widely used pesticides and the current knowledge of their risks, «with the majority of the published literature focused on pesticides that are no longer registered for use in developed countries.»

More than 30 years after the use of DDT was abandoned in many countries, the much - maligned pesticide is making a comeback.

In addition, many developing countries still use the pesticide indoors.

The resulting report calls for more research on GM crops useful in developing countries, such as nutrient - enhanced foods and salt - tolerant plants, and urges that use of GM crops be weighed against the hazards of pesticide use and other current farming methods.

[1] Pesticide use varies from country to country, but in the USA those used on fruit and vegetables include Atrazine, Malathion, Chlorpyrifos and Carbendazim.

Despite approved crops being created for markets in the developed world, farmers in developing countries have seen higher incomes, greater productivity and significant reductions in pesticide use, according to a 2014 analysis by Qaim and former Göttingen colleague Wilhelm Klümper.

COFFEE AND TEA: Most coffee consumed in the U.S. is grown in countries with little to no regulatory standards on pesticide use.

Illegal toxic pesticides are also routinely used to farm shrimp in some of these areas, including endosulfan, a broad - spectrum insecticide that is banned in more than 80 countries due to its environmental and human toxicity.

In a recent report the World Bank said that overuse of chemical pesticides in developing countries contributes to costly health problems and questioned whether the risks of using pesticides outweighed the benefitIn a recent report the World Bank said that overuse of chemical pesticides in developing countries contributes to costly health problems and questioned whether the risks of using pesticides outweighed the benefitin developing countries contributes to costly health problems and questioned whether the risks of using pesticides outweighed the benefits.

«When a pesticide used to grow food is deemed harmful enough to be banned in another country, how can Canada still approve it for use within our borders?»

Last year, in response to a lawsuit filed by Ecojustice lawyers on behalf of Équiterre and the David Suzuki Foundation, the federal government agreed to review the approval of 383 pesticide products containing 23 active ingredients — including difenoconazole — already banned for use in European countries.

This is good news for developing countries because many farmers lack access to the expensive fertilizers and pesticides that farmers use in developed countries to produce high yields, Perfecto said.

There were few repercussions in the US because of earlier US efforts to reduce and end malaria in the US, but this action soon led to banning DDT in many less developed countries where malaria was prevalent and is much more effectively controlled by using DDT than any other pesticide.

In the first study, researchers exposed 75 bee colonies to a neonicotinoid called imidacloprid (a pesticide whose use is authorized for over 140 crops in 120 countries worldwide) over the course of 14 dayIn the first study, researchers exposed 75 bee colonies to a neonicotinoid called imidacloprid (a pesticide whose use is authorized for over 140 crops in 120 countries worldwide) over the course of 14 dayin 120 countries worldwide) over the course of 14 days.

Already in 12 countries, the organization is working to repair tropical areas without the use of toxic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, and gets local communities educated and involved in rehabilitating their forests.