Tag: pesticides

Toxins in tiny bodies: American children are carrying invisible chemical burden

Chemical exposures were highest among younger toddlers and racial/ethnic minorities, reflecting systemic environmental injustice. While some older chemicals like triclosan and certain phthalates are decreasing (likely due to public pressure and reformulations), new unregulated substitutes like DINCH and emerging pesticides are on the rise.

How bats help your babies

How bats are linked to the health of babies.

Is eating honeycomb good for you?

This review of existing studies on eating beeswax or honeycomb showed an antimicrobic effect of beeswax against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella enterica, Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger: "these inhibitory effects are enhanced synergistically with other natural products such as honey or olive oil."

Bees are turned off by pesticides at first glance

Bees are turned off by the electrical changes created by pesticides. A study offers a new perspective on how human-made chemicals disturb the natural environment.

Pesticides may increase nervous system diseases like ALS

I don't care about spots on my apples, leave me the birds and the bees... this was the Joni Mitchell...

Breast milk reveals how many banned pesticides plague Tunisians

Rachel Carson would be shocked: A recent study has found that the concentrations of banned chemicals like PCBs, DDT and...

See how Asia’s Aral Sea shrinks before our very eyes in these time lapse photos

We've killed it! Once the fourth largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is...

How pesticides kill your brain

Patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a team of researchers has found.

Pesticide poisoning kills two kids in Jerusalem

This is just one reason why I don't allow pesticides to come near my home and children: two children...

Locust swarm alert

A small swarm of locusts can eat the food of 35,000 people but they can also eradicate a wheat field in no time. 

Pesticides Causing Brain Damage to be Banned by Israel

Down side of crop dusting is pesticides that cause neurological damage:  photo by Alberto Denkberg/Haaretz Air and water pollution in...

Beware: Peppers, Pears and Grapes From Turkey Are Most Toxic Produce In Europe, Study Finds

Fresh produce stands like this one are popular all over Turkey. But these colorful displays contain a toxic blend...