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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:20 PM

Pesticides

Type: Keyphrase
Name: Pesticides
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
US Environmental Protection Agency - Click to view 360-page
US Environmental Protection Agency
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation...
Company: Air Pollution Control Co (APCR)SUMMARY: On February 26, 2009, the State of Tennessee, through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), Air Pollution Control Division, submitted a request to redesignate the Tennessee portion ... [Zibb - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
Rescue mission
- Pests States - Kerala ? K.K. Mustafah Deworming: A farm worker sprays pesticide on a paddy field near Thrissur on Thursday. Pesticide has been sprayed in about 90 per cent of the armyworm-infested paddy fields in Pullazhi, according to officials. Outbreak ... [Hindu Business Line - 11/19/2009]
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]
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]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
New Test Rapidly Detects Trace Pesticides in Foods
BiotechDaily.com MedImaging.net LabMedica.com Events Product Showcase Literature Showcase LinkXpress Language: Espanol ... [Hospi Medica - 11/20/2009]
Entities: Pesticides
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 2 Documents
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company - Click to view image in its original context
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
Research and Markets: AgroChemicals - a Global Market Report
BusinessWire - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/58592f/agrochemicals_a) has announced the addition of the "AgroChemicals - A Global Market Report" report to their offering.Market dynamics in the agriculture sector exert ... [Forbes.com - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Natural Resources Defense Council - Click to view image in its original context
Natural Resources Defense Council
Why are you putting your [insert produce here] into a plastic bag?
One of the last environmental courses I took in college was called ‘Sustainable Cities' and it rocked. Talk about being relevant for an urban environmentalist living and work in New York City. Anyway, one class we got onto the discussion of at ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Applying science
People do not like pesticides but if they are going to be used, they need to be regulated, says Ranulf Barman, 27, a scientific officer with the Food Standards Agency (FSA). I think its really important to have a science-based approach and assess the ... [Times Online - 11/18/2009]
Entities: Pesticide, Nutrition, Leeds
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
Switzerland: Pesticides warning over imported vegetables
Basel’s cantonal laboratory says a number of vegetables imported from Asia have too many pesticides.Officials in Basel-City tested 32 samples from four Asian grocers. Over a quarter of them had levels that significantly exceeded safety standards. Pesticide ... [Fresh Plaza - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
Reportlinker Adds AgroChemicals - A Global Market Report
AgroChemicals - A Global Market Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164394/AgroChemicals---A-Global-Market-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswireMarket dynamics in the agriculture sector exert a direct impact on demand ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents
Agriculture minister in cross-border meeting
Agriculture Ministers from both sides of the border met in Dublin this afternoon to discuss issues of mutual concern - the 12th such meeting in recent years.The meeting was attended by Brendan Smith and Michelle Gildernew, as well as Robin Newton, Junior ... [RTE Online - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents
Pesticides in Midwestern Rivers Has Dropped
USAgNet - 11/13/2009Concentrations of several major pesticides mostly declined or stayed the same in Corn Belt rivers and streams from 1996 to 2006, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. The declines in pesticide concentrations closely followed ... [USAgNet - 11/14/2009]

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...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]
...today’s rigorous food-safety standards,' says Steve Owens, assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. "EPA has carefully evaluated the scientific issues and has provided more than 500 days of public comment on this decision. It is now important to move forward with the needed public health protections, especially for children."
FMC Corp. Challenges EPA; Appoints New CEO [Chemical Processing.com - 11/11/2009]
The study is in the November 1 issue of ACS Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal: "Reagentless Bidirectional Lateral Flow Bioactive Paper Sensors for Detection of Pesticides in Beverage and Food Samples" . John Brennan and colleagues note in the new study that conventional tests for detecting pesticides tend to use expensive and complex equipment and in...
An Inexpensive “Dipstick” Test For Pesticides In Foods [Chemical Online - 11/09/2009]

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New Test Rapidly Detects Trace Pesticides in Foods [Hospi Medica - 11/20/2009]
PESTICIDES - Approval of legislative acts under... [University of Reading - 11/20/2009]
Pesticides Are Everywhere: New iPhone App Helps... [Care2 - 11/20/2009]
When it Comes to Food, Concern is Good - But Ac... [New York Times - 11/20/2009]
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Pla... [Zibb - 11/19/2009]
Rescue mission [Hindu Business Line - 11/19/2009]
Dear MOTHER: December 2009/January 2010 [Mother Earth News - 11/19/2009]
House subcommittee holds hearing on prioritizin... [Environmental Expert - 11/19/2009]
Agriculture minister in cross-border meeting [RTE Online - 11/18/2009]
Reportlinker Adds AgroChemicals - A Global Mark... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/18/2009]
Killer Crop: Tobacco Facts To Inspire Quitting ... [Care2 - 11/18/2009]
Switzerland: Pesticides warning over imported v... [Fresh Plaza - 11/18/2009]
Applying science [Times Online - 11/18/2009]
USGS: Pesticide levels decline in Corn Belt rivers [AgProfessional - 11/17/2009]
Research and Markets: AgroChemicals - a Global ... [Forbes.com - 11/17/2009]
Research and Markets: AgroChemicals - a Global ... [Business Wire - 11/17/2009]
Disappearing Bees Mystery Solved [Islam Online - 11/17/2009]
The Great Peak Oil Awakening Has Begun [EV World - 11/17/2009]
Pentair's Everpure(R) Brand Provides Solutions ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/16/2009]
Why Bees Vanish [Institute of Sciences in Society - 11/16/2009]
MOFA: Obama Won't Harm Taiwan Interests [International Community Radio Taipei - 11/16/2009]
Lawmakers Demand Strong Protest Over Exclusion ... [International Community Radio Taipei - 11/16/2009]
Taiwan Shares Surge On Chi Mei Merger News [International Community Radio Taipei - 11/16/2009]
Taiwan Hopes to Join Second Phase of P4 Talks [International Community Radio Taipei - 11/16/2009]
Taipei MRT's latest line [International Community Radio Taipei - 11/16/2009]
Detection of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Pro... [Select Science - 11/16/2009]
Nicotine Is No Good for Honeybees, Either [The Daily Green - 11/14/2009]
‘Spray school’ changes with industry [AGRINews - 11/14/2009]
Pesticides in Midwestern Rivers Has Dropped [USAgNet - 11/14/2009]
European Commission Lowers Maximum Residue Leve... [FLEXNEWS - 11/13/2009]
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In Focus
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Robert Stewart, John Brennan, Steve Owens, [more]
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Bayer AG, Monsanto Company, Dole Food Company Inc, [more]
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US Environmental Protection Agency, King's College London, UK Department for Environment, Food a ..., [more]
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Pesticide, Chemical, Organic, [more]
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Washington DC, Basel (Switzerland), Chinandega (Nicaragua), [more]
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Israel, China, United Kingdom, [more]
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Chemistry, Enviromental science, Internet & IT, [more]
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Agriculture, Chemicals & Plastics, Energy, [more]
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Blogs

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Why are you putting your [insert produce here] ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/17/2009]
One of the last environmental courses I took in college was called ‘Sustainable Cities' and it rocked. Talk about being relevant for an urban environmentalist ...
Paula Crossfield: A New Report Reveals that GM ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/17/2009]
A new report out today, Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use in the United States: The First Thirteen Years [pdf] authored by Dr. Charles ...
Paraguay: Indigenous Group Sprayed Aerially wit... [Global Voices Online - 11/12/2009]
In eastern Paraguay, 217 members of the Ava Guaraní indigenous community recently came down with health symptoms that include nausea and headaches. It is believed ...
What’s on my food? Hopefully not pesticides… [AltSearchEngines - 11/07/2009]
At Pesticide Action Network (PAN) we know one thing: Pesticides are the linchpin of industrialized agriculture. Their mass introduction into farming 70 years ...
EPA Bans Pesticide Insecticide Carbofuran by 2010 [Treehugger - 11/06/2009]
A worker sprays carbofuran on a tree in Kannenfeldpark, in Basel, Switzerland. Photo by pppspics via Flickr.As of the end of the year, one more pesticide will be ...
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Audio/Video

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"A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda II&a... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnolo - 11/09/2009]
Misconceptions about Pollution, Pesticides, and... [Mefeedia Video Tag : canc - 08/21/2009]
Pesticides Waft Into Rainforests [Mefeedia Video Tag : chemistry - 06/24/2009]
"A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda II&a... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biotechnology - 05/02/2009]
NATURE | Frogs: The Thin Green Line | Chemical ... [Mefeedia Video Tag : biolo - 04/03/2009]
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