Sentences with phrase «toxic effects of pesticides»
Because the toxic effects of pesticides are concerning, not well understood, or in some cases completely unstudied, it just makes sense to minimize exposure to pesticides whenever possible!
http://www.personal-nutrition-guide.com/ Not exact matches
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.
New round of «Stop the toxic soybeans» call / Toxicological dossier on combinatorial effects of pesticides / Report on genetically engineered animals / New conflict of interest case at EFSA
Low doses also protect against the harmful effects of higher, toxic doses of lithium and other substances such as the pesticide paraquat,» said co-author Dr Ivana Bjedov from the UCL Cancer Institute.
Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide, a powerful class of pesticide that has toxic effects on nervous systems.
While fertilizers and pesticides allowed for more efficient growing, the former comes at a cost of micronutrient depletion of the soil (i.e., selenium), the latter having toxic effects on the human system.
Cirera has spent three years travelling through South America to give soy and the uncharismatic workings of agriculture a face, «along several trips I visited rural areas in those countries - leading exporters of soya, corn and beef - meeting with landowners, labourers, activists, jobless farmers and those affected by toxic pesticides put on the land, to understand and illustrate the complexities of land issues and its effects on the local communities.»
Pesticides Linked to Declining Bee Populations Also Threaten Birds and Small Mammals http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42959-pesticides-linked-to-declining-bee-populations-also-threaten-birds-and-small-mammals Though the scientific community is sounding the alarm about the die - off (at least in the case of the bees), they are even now completely in denial or oblivious to the highly toxic climate engineering and its effects on terrestrial life forms.