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Pesticide

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Name: Pesticide

description: Pesticides are often referred to according to the type of pest they control. Another way to think about pesticides is to consider those that are chemical pesticides or are derived from a common source or production method. Other categories include biopesticides, antimicrobials, and pest control devices

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

FMC Corporation

Pesticide kills Kenyan boy

In late October, a three-year-old boy in Western Kenya intentionally ate a handful of carbofuran, a lion-killing pesticide, and later was found dead by his father. "I am sure he ate it, because he had [the pesticide] in his hand and in his mouth," the ... [Digital Journal - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Pesticide, FMC Corporation, Kenya

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Children overlooked in cancer screenings

I read with interest your two-part series on cancer. The cancers you spoke of screening were cancers important to adults. There is no screening for leukemia or for brain cancer for children. The symptoms just show up. Children are susceptible to these ... [Tennessean - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Brain Cancer, Leukaemia, MindSpring

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Biotechnology)

CropLife America critical of report's claims about GE crops, pesticides

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A new report released yesterday critical of the crop biotechnology adoption by American farmers, and the consequent impacts on crop protection product use in the USA, appears to be another attempt at attention gathering using partial ... [AgProfessional - 11/20/2009]

Entities: CropLife America, Crop Protection, Pesticide

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Insecticide killed Ontario dogs

Two dogs who died after drinking water from this ditch in Essex, Ont. died of insecticide poisoning, the province's Ministry of the Environment said Thursday. (Kim Kristy/CBC)Two dogs that died within minutes of drinking from a ditch in Essex, Ont., on ... [CBC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Insecticide, Pesticide, Carbofuran, Concession

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Chemistry)

Pesticides Are Everywhere: New iPhone App Helps You Avoid Them

Pesticides. They are one of the most environmentally harmful aspects of industrialized agriculture, and they are the reason that so many people have started to add organic foods to their diet.Many people think that washing their conventional fruits and ... [Care2 - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Pesticide, Pesticides, Chemical, iPhone, Toxic

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

PESTICIDES - Approval of legislative acts under comitology procedure: Pesticide residue controls

PESTICIDES - Council approval of legislative acts under comitology procedure: Pesticide residue controlsThe following is an extract from the minutes of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, 9 October 2009The Council decided not to oppose ... [University of Reading - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Pesticide, Pesticides, vinclozolin, emamectin benzoate, azoxystrobin

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

European Union

RESIDUES - Commission lowers maximum residue levels for 11 pesticides to address safety concerns

The European Commission decided today to reduce the permitted maximum residue levels (MRLs) of eleven pesticide active substances because of safety concerns. New information on toxicology, consumer exposure and the expected pesticide residues indicated ... [University of Reading - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Pesticide, European Food Safety Authority, European Union, Toxicology

First Reported 11/21/2009 - Updated 11/21/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Breast Cancer Research Neglects Environmental Links

New America Media, News analysis, Joan Reinhardt Reiss, Posted: Nov 22, 2009This week, a federal task force issued new guidelines on mammograms, which reversed 25 years of screening protocol and sparked a storm of controversy. Instead of annual mammograms ... [New America Media - 11/21/2009]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Environment, Toxic, Chemical, Mammography

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 Documents

"Vegetables from France" under pressure

This year 20 to 30% of the growers of vegetables run the risk of insolvency. Because of this development and the economic recession 'Légume de France', a special interest group for vegetable growers, will hold a meeting on 19 and 20 November. 'The prices ... [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]

Entities: France, Insolvency, Pesticide

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 Documents

Sri Lanka: Lack of standarization slows agri export expansion

Lack of a globally recognised standardizing mechanism is undermining the export growth of the fourth largest agriculture sector in Sri Lanka and experts yesterday warned that development goals would be seriously undermined if competitiveness was not enhanced ... [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Pesticide, Chamber of Commerce

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 Documents

Chiz urges dialogue with farmers before banning of aerial sprays

CHIZ URGES DIALOGUE WITH FARMERS BEFOREBANNING OF AERIAL SPRAYSOpposition Senator Chiz Escudero is asking the Department of Agriculture to immediately provide alternative means of disinfecting crops to farmers who will be affected by the impending ban ... [Senate of the Philippines - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Pesticide, Disinfection, World Health Organization, Agriculture

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Market News)

Organic practitioners celebrate outstanding agriculture techniques

) provided an opportunity for organic practitioners from the South Asian region and other developing countries to demonstrate how organic farming could be a viable alternative to current Green Revolution techniques.The article below reports on the Conference ... [Third World Network - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Organic, India, Third World Network, Claude Alvares, Pesticide

Quotes

...and the economic recession 'Légume de France', a special interestinterest group for vegetable growers, will hold a meeting on 19 and 20 November. "The prices of vegetables for the period from April to August have decreased by 16%. Costs have risen by 6% in the same period. Most growers already had a decrease in income of 49% in 2007, a representative of the special interestinterest group declared. The low prices have mainly been caused by competition from other countries, who have lower labour costs than France. Many other factors are also involved. Energy costs are higher, French growers use different pesticides and certain French guidelines are stricter than the European ones."

"Vegetables from France" under pressure [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]

... Among the findings are that: 1) The 'bag 'o corn' is really a thrice super-sized nightmare: "You MAY be eating three McDonald s Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of butter while watching a movie...that food is nutritionally comparable to what you'd find in a medium popcorn and soda combo at Regal, the country's biggest movie theater chain: 1,610 calories and three days' worth--60 grams--of saturated fat. (Nutrition aside, that combo costs $12--for raw ingredients that must cost Regal pennies.)" 2) The advertised nutrition information is incorrect. Regal says that its medium popcorn has 720 calories and that its large has 960...

Ashley Koff: Death By Movie Popcorn? Possibly [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009]

...PAN reports that, "Most of us are born with persistent pesticides and other chemicals already in our bodies, passed from mother to child during fetal development. The human health impacts linked to pesticide exposure range from birth defects and childhood brain cancer in the very young, to Parkinsons Disease in the elderly. In between are a variety of other cancers, developmental and neurological disorders, reproductive and hormonal system disruptions, and more." Not surprisingly, the European Union has taken the global lead on this issue, adopting a "precautionary principle" for all regulatory decisions involving...

Pesticides Are Everywhere: New iPhone App Helps You Avoid Them [Care2 - 11/20/2009]

"We expect the positive momentum in the bromine industry to continue in 2010, which should reflect positively on bromine prices. Moreover, we expect our environmentally friendly chemical products to continue to gain traction in the market, especially as we complete the upgrades to our existing chemical production line and start commercial production of environmentally friendly chemicals for pesticide production early next year" concluded Mr. Liu

Gulf Resources Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results, Increases 2009 Revenue and Net Income Guidance [World Market Media - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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More groups urge Arroyo to ban aerial spraying [GMA News.tv - 2 hours ago]
EU's measures on Turkish pears' imports [Fresh Plaza - 3 hours ago]
Straight out of the rulebook [The Statesman - 5 hours ago]
Thousands of Spanish farmers protest low prices [Business Report - 7 hours ago]
Meet India's organic tea king [GlobalPost - 7 hours ago]
SPAIN: Thousands of farmers march against falli... [France24 - 8 hours ago]
Thursday's Ask the Experts: Disinfectant vs. pe... [CMM Online - 12 hours ago]
Sprouting veggies, an organic alternative [VietNamNet Bridge - 14 hours ago]
USA: Open Letter to the President [Amnesty International USA - 15 hours ago]
USGS researchers examine PAHs and PCBs sources ... [News-Medical.Net - 17 hours ago]
Organic practitioners celebrate outstanding agr... [Third World Network - 17 hours ago]
Chiz urges dialogue with farmers before banning... [Senate of the Philippines - 20 hours ago]
Consumers Go Green on Own Terms [Wines and Vines - 20 hours ago]
Sri Lanka: Lack of standarization slows agri ex... [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]
"Vegetables from France" under pressure [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]
Dutch cooperative blurs food prejudices [Fresh Plaza - 21 hours ago]
Solarization helps clean plant beds [Southeast Farm Press - 23 hours ago]
Science Past: Science Past from the issue of ... [Science News Online - 23 hours ago]
Farmers facing new threat from snails [thestar.com.my - 23 hours ago]
Breast Cancer Research Neglects Environmental L... [New America Media - 11/21/2009]
RESIDUES - Commission lowers maximum residue le... [University of Reading - 11/20/2009]
PESTICIDES - Approval of legislative acts under... [University of Reading - 11/20/2009]
Biodiesel's Energy Efficiency Only Getting Better [Farm Industry News - 11/20/2009]
Belle de Jour: On science and prostitution [New Scientist - 11/20/2009]
With bedbugs on the rise, Tampa firm trains det... [Tampa Tribune - 11/20/2009]
A Few Questions for Belle de Jour, Call Girl an... [New York Times - 11/20/2009]
Pesticides Are Everywhere: New iPhone App Helps... [Care2 - 11/20/2009]
Gulf Resources Reports Third Quarter 2009 Resul... [World Market Media - 11/20/2009]
Pollution Risk At Elder Care Facilities Pose Re... [National Underwriter - 11/20/2009]
Specialty grants spark ‘continued evolution for... [AGRINews - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Andrew Kimbrell: New Report: GMOs Causing Massi... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago] There is one fact about genetically engineered foods that there is no debate about: no one wakes up in the morning eager to buy gene-altered food. There's ...
Leafcutter ants rely on bacteria to fertilise t... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 7 hours ago] Hardly a natural history documentary goes by without some mention of leafcutter ants. So overexposed are these critters that I strongly suspect they're holding ...
Bob Dinneen: Reminding Al Gore: 5 'Encouraging ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 17 hours ago] Having an appreciation for Al Gore's commitment to science and advocacy of responsible policies on energy, the environment, and the economy, I was disappointed ...
Ashley Koff: Death By Movie Popcorn? Possibly [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009] This week the Center for Science in the Public Interest updated the findings of its' historic study about the caloric and fat overload found in many a ...
Drumbeat: November 20, 2009 [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - 11/20/2009] Peak Oil Files: Why Is Saudi Aramco Building Supercomputers? The biannual list of the world’s 500 fastest computers was released on Tuesday and Aramco had two new ...

Audio/Video

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Sustainable Salads [Slate Magazine - 11/10/2009]
Which fruits, vegetables, and other crops have ... [Slate Magazine - 11/10/2009]
"A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda II&a... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/09/2009]
mms - Canadian, Australian governments now forb... [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]
mms - More than 75,000 disease victims healed! [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 11/03/2009]

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