Biodiversity In Aquatic Environments Significantly Reduced By Pesticides
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers...
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Poison Control System (CPCS), the largest single provider of poison control services in the country, today launched a ground breaking bilingual digital health project, the Pesticide Safety Project. For the first time, this program puts teaching tools in the hands of farm workers and community health professionals where they need them most--on their mobile devices. Safety information is provided through...
DUBLIN, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g4s979/crop_protection) has announced the addition of the "Crop Protection Chemicals Market By Types (Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides, Bio-Pesticides and Adjuvants), By Crop Types, By Geography: Global Trends and Forecast To 2018" [http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/g4s979/crop_protection ] report to their offering. (Logo:...
BRUSSELS, June 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- - Solutions for Smallholder Famers and Amateur Users on How to Protect Their Gardens and Small Food Productions The Safe and Sustainable Use Initiative meets again for its annual conference, this time in Bratislava, Slovakia, where farmers, regulators and plant protection representatives discuss best ways to provide farmers and operators with an easy-to-use toolbox of solutions to ensure the safe and sustainable use of...
Three new versatile products to enhance your non-repellent termite and general pest control programs HUMBLE, Texas, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- DIY pest control supplier, ePestSolutions, is proud to announce three new products now available through online store, epestsolutions.com. Prescription treatment brand, Alpine, introduced dust insecticide, pressurized and ant and termite foam - versatile products to enhance your non-repellent termite and general pest control (GPC)...
Terramera donates CIRKIL® biopesticides products to help shelter get rid of bed bug infestation. Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 05, 2013 Terramera, a pioneer in developing effective plant-based biopesticide products for pest management helped make The Kingdom Center, a nonprofit, transitional living center for the homeless in Ventura, CA be bed bug free. Earlier this year, a representative from The Kingdom Center reached out to Terramera after discovering a bed bug infestation in one of...
This is the tenth in a series of press releases from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) on the importance of practicing good pesticide stewardship techniques. LAWRENCE, Kansas (PRWEB) June 04, 2013 Recently, pesticide spray drift from different pesticide applications caused damage to field corn on a bordering farm, vegetables in an adjacent backyard, trees and bushes in a nearby state park and vegetation on an adjoining campus. In all cases, the applicators were fined because...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In what might be considered cause for concern among farm workers – a new research review in the journal Neurology has found a link between Parkinson’s disease and exposure to chemical weed or bug killers. The review included over 100 studies from around the world and calculated between a 33 to 80 percent increased risk of developing the disorder as exposure to certain weed or bug killers increased. Prolonged exposure to the weed...
[398 Pages Report] North & Latin America Crop Protection Chemicals Market report categorizes the Market by Types (Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides, Bio-Pesticides and Adjuvants), Crop Types & Geography forecasting – 2018 (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 The report, "North and Latin American Crop Protection Chemicals Market by Types (Herbicides, Fungicides, Insecticides, Bio-pesticides and Adjuvants), by Crop Types, by Geography: Trends and Forecast to 2018", defines and...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crop Protection industry rolls-out new scheme for water and biodiversity protection Building on a growing portfolio of stewardship initiatives to ensure sustainable use of pesticides, the crop protection industry is embarking on a new campaign to promote the implementation of buffer strips between cropped areas and open water bodies to reduce pesticide pollution of water from run-off and promote biodiversity. This scheme...
Mosquitoes can put a damper on the summer time, but Horne’s Pest Control Company offers information and advice for dealing with the biting pest. Martinez, GA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Mosquitoes are always an issue in the summer months, and in some ways seem to be getting worse. Some entomologists believe, that as a result of global warming, diseases carried by insects will continue to increase. It is believed that since the beginning of time - mosquitoes are responsible for more human...
