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Study Quantifies Cost of Pesticide Resistance, while Advocates Chart a Course Beyond Pesticides
The marginal user costs of pesticide resistance for chemical-intensive farmers and the pest management industry are significantly affected by pesticide costs, density dependence and dominating genetic ...
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CR Analysis Finds Pesticide Exposure and Hazards Persist, Despite Availability of Safer Alternatives
Support Consumer Report's (CR) petition and tell EPA / Congress to ban all toxic pesticides when the crop can be produced ...
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Analysis Finds Pesticide Exposure and Hazards Persist, Despite Availability of Safer Alternatives
The pattern of failure to protect the public from pesticides is again brought to public attention by an analysis by Consumer ...
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Parkinson’s Disease Explodes as Researchers Find Connection to Pesticide Exposure and Genes
(Beyond Pesticides, May 3, 2024) Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world after Alzheimer’s. Genetic factors account for only a fraction of PD cases, ...
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Pesticide Residues in Food Do Not Tell the Full Story on Hazards and the Importance of Organic
(Beyond Pesticides, May 1, 2024) According to a new analysis by Consumer Reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...
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Meta-Analysis Catalogues Pesticides’ Adverse Impact on How Genes Function
(Beyond Pesticides, April 30, 2024) Researchers found epigenetic changes, including changes relating to “DNA methylation, histone modification, and differential microRNA expression [which ‘can alter ...