Free radicals are harmful compounds
released by pesticides, smoke, unhealthy food and other products of the daily life.
Not exact matches
However, a report
by WHO
released earlier this year stated that it was unlikely that the
pesticide would negatively impact people consuming it small amounts as part of their normal diets.
One suspicion, which is supported
by studies
released March 29, is that
pesticides or some other poison might impair a forager's memory or behavior.
Twenty - five years after a toxic gas cloud from a
pesticide factory killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India, groundwater at the accident site — a drinking water supply for 15 communities — remains contaminated, according to a report
released today
by an advocacy group and a medical clinic.
In women,
pesticides negatively affect fertility
by disrupting hormone production, hormone
release and storage, thyroid function, and the central nervous system.
The most common type of flea and tick collar works
by continuously
releasing a
pesticide, in the form of a vapor or a powder for the active life of the product, usually three to eight months.
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.
A study
released last summer
by Friends of the Earth - US and co-authored
by the
Pesticide Research Institute, found that seven of 13 samples of garden plants at some large national retailers in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., and the San Francisco Bay area contained neonicotinoids, including plants marketed as «bee - friendly.»