We’re poisoning teenagers (but it doesn’t seem to matter)
What happens when guilt gets spread around so thin that no one feels responsible.
pesticides
‘Bees are Sentinels’: Mass Bee Die-Offs Signal the Wider Impact of Brazil’s Pesticide Boom
Brazil has long had agribusiness-friendly policies, thanks in part to its powerful congressional farming lobby, known as the Bancada Ruralista, and in part to a decades-long push to leverage its vast natural resources into global influence.
The Tide is Turning, as Farmworkers Fight for Organic Agriculture
Right now, farming with toxic pesticides is the norm. But, for the health of all people from farm to table, we need to create a food system where organic is for all. The solution is here—we just have to grow it.
Fighting Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii Bans the Use of Chlorpyrifos
Donning a blue and white Hawaiian shirt, Governor David Ige signed Senate Bill SB3095 and made the use of chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide, illegal in the state of Hawaii.
Silent spring revisited: New worries and the human future
Dramatic declines in bird populations suggest that we are much further along in the so-called Sixth Great Extinction than we imagined. What does it mean for the human future?
A Precautionary Tale: Excerpt
As Günther and his cows wove their way through Laatsch, a beeping horn stopped him. He turned around, spreading his arms to slow the bovine promenade behind him, and let the car slip by before he and his cows stepped back into the main thoroughfare for their jaunt from the barn to pasture. The driver had Swiss plates and a business suit. Someone in a rush to make money, he surmised, while he headed out to his fields to seal his own financial fate in several plastic bags.
The International Year of Pulses and Tropical Agriculture
The role of insect ecology is to try to understand the regulating mechanisms between plants and insects.
The Miracle of Mals
By banning pesticides in a referendum, the community of Mals in Southern Tyrol is set to garner worldwide attention. That does not mean that the conflict is settled.
Rachel Carson’s Critics Keep On, But She Told Truth About DDT
Any time a writer mentions Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring or the subsequent U.S. ban on DDT, the loonies come out of the woodwork.
The Original Common Core: Why Aren’t We Teaching Rachel Carson in Schools?
Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring in 1962, but I suspect for most people reading it today the information would be fresh, enlightening, and alarming.
Earthworms Detoxify Pesticides From Soil at Significant Cost
Earthworms that make their home in contaminated soil do so at a significant cost, according to French and Danish researchers.
As Pesticides Fail, California Citrus Growers Turn to Natural Solutions
Citrus growers in California are now turning to a natural solution after pesticides have been shown to be ineffective.