Sentences with phrase «systemic pesticides»

Of course, there have been very limited studies on the health consequences of systemic pesticides.

Conventional food growers continue to use systemic pesticides for one reason — money.

It has not even been two decades since systemic pesticides first became available, yet there are already serious consequences arising from their use.

In fact, hundreds of systemic pesticides have been developed in the past 15 years, making them the best - selling class of pesticide in the world.

The EFSA conclusions align with the findings of the independent group of international scientists, the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides (TFSP).

Imidacloprid is another common systemic pesticide and is found primarily in leafy greens and other vegetables.

The U.S., however, continues to use systemic pesticides in food in great quantities.

In 2003 U.S. farms began using systemic pesticides called neonicotinoids, including clothianidin and imidacloprid.

The American Beekeeping Federation and American Honey Producers Association are asking Congress to stop the threats from systemic pesticides to food supplies, honeybees and pollinators.

And, although the neonics are generally safe for vertebrates, birds and reptiles are already at risk from consequences of the accumulation of systemic pesticides.

Équiterre, the David Suzuki Foundation, Sierra Club Canada Foundation, the Wilderness Committee, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and Friends of the Earth are responding to the conclusions of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides, an international group of 50 independent scientists who released their findings today at a news conference in Ottawa.

Several studies suggest that these systemic pesticides have been linked to bee population declines.

Neonicotinoids are systemic pesticides.

If the bad news is that systemic pesticides are designed for total absorption, the worse news is that they are not rare.

A different type of pesticide — systemic pesticides — are integrated into plant tissues, making the entire plant (including the part sold to consumers) poisonous to insects, fungi and other pests.

In June, an international task force of 29 independent scientists released a four - year assessment of 800 peer - reviewed studies into neonics and systemic pesticides.

Scientists released today the results of a four year worldwide integrated assessment of the effect of systemic pesticides, primarily the neonicotinoids but also fipronil (Twitter: #WIAlaunch).

«Systemic pesticides, in particular, diffuse throughout all the tissues as plants grow - up, and eventually contaminate nectar and pollen.