Tag: pesticides
Weekly Marijuana Recalls Pose Budding Problem for Colorado Pot Industry
A December 30th report by the website The Cannabist detailed the largest marijuana recall to date issued by the City of Denver, Colorado. This...
Pesticide-Free Pot in Colorado Is Future of Marijuana Industry
As recreational marijuana becomes commonplace in Colorado and Oregon, state requirements are becoming more strict. The use of any old pesticide to cultivate marijuana...
Migrating Birds Bring Exotic Ticks to the U.S. New Study Reveals
A very recent study published this month in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2015) has uncovered that birds are not the only creature migrating north...
What Would Happen to Our Food Supply without Bees?
From apples, oranges and pumpkins to carrots, nuts and coffee, nearly a third of the United States’ food supply depends on the honeybee to...
Exposed: GMOs Don’t Use Less Pesticides
A new report from Pennsylvania State University has discredited longtime claims by pro-GMO corporations that GMO crops allow for reduced use of agricultural chemicals.
The...
Ontario Cracks Down on Neonicotinoids – Will the Rest of North...
Signifying a first for North America, the Canadian province of Ontario has proposed a plan to drastically reduce the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. This...
Start-Up Company Creating New Sprays That Could Be a Game Changer...
Scientists at a start-up company known as Apeel Sciences have figured out a way to double the lifespan of fruits and vegetables as well...
It’s Not Just the Bees: Pesticides Kill Birds, Too
Neonicotinoids, one of the most widely used classes of insecticides in the world, have been in the news lately due to their connection with...
Cities in Washington and Oregon Ban Neonicotinoids
While the use of an insecticide class known as neonicotinoids is still widespread in the United States, some cities are taking action on a...
Don’t Ignore the Dangers of Roundup
As more and more research comes to light exposing just how toxic glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, really is, it becomes clear that...
