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Keeping Ants Out of the Garden or Did That Ant Eat My Eggplant?!!
Updated: 2011-08-31 23:26:41In this article we will review ways to keep ants out of the garden. Ants are not only a problem in your home and for your picnic, they can devour your garden vegetables right off the vine. Let us review ways to keep ants out of the garden. The short answer, OH YES HE DID! [...]Monsanto GM Corn Falls Prey to Bug It Was Suppose to Thwart, Threatening Organic
Updated: 2011-08-31 07:17:47
(Beyond Pesticides, August 31, 2011) Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug are falling prey to that very pest in Iowa cornfields, the first time a major Midwest scourge has developed resistance to a genetically modified crop. The discovery raises concerns that the biotech crops are spawning “superbugs” [...]Irene and Climate Change
Updated: 2011-08-30 13:19:45Is climate change the driving force behind Hurricane Irene? Kim Knowlton is a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. She told the HuffPo: “No one is going to point to Irene and say this is climate change…But we can say that we are seeing the fingerprint of climate change this year.” This is [...]New Study Links Pesticide Exposure to Prostate Cancer
Updated: 2011-08-30 12:52:01(Beyond Pesticides, August 30, 2011) A new study finds that older men living in California’s Central Valley are more likely to develop prostate cancer if they were exposed to certain agricultural pesticides than those who were not exposed. The study examines exposure via drift rather than occupational exposure, although similar results have been noted in [...]EPA Concludes California Discriminated Against Latino Children in Agreement
Updated: 2011-08-29 14:02:00(Beyond Pesticides, August 29, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) to resolve a civil rights complaint from 1999 which alleged that the department’s renewal of the toxic fumigant methyl bromide in 1999 discriminated against Latino school [...]Oil Refineries to Shut Down Before Irene Hits
Updated: 2011-08-27 08:21:54
Oil refineries on the East Coast will close down in advance of Hurricane Irene’s onslaught this weekend, according to analysts. These shutdowns are already spiking prices in gasoline. The storm pounded the Bahamas Thursday with winds 115 mph and will reach coastline refineries concentrated in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, by Sunday afternoon. Refineries are sprawling [...]What’s wrong with this picture?
Updated: 2011-08-26 22:59:45
That’s what my basket looked like after a harvesting sweep of my legumes yesterday. So what is wrong with this picture? Well, lots of things: it’s slightly out of focus, doesn’t boast especially interesting composition…. But let’s ignore the formal...USDA to Hold Organic Listening Session
Updated: 2011-08-26 01:53:10(Beyond Pesticides, August 26, 2011) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that it will hold a free public listening session on the department’s activities related to organic food and farming in order to gather input from farmers, consumers, and other interested parties regarding a wide range of subjects. The agency is hoping to [...]TransCanada’s Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
Updated: 2011-08-25 09:21:57
Scores of protesters waving signs and chanting “yes we can”, were arrested outside the White House Monday as they called on the American President to block approval of the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline. From Monday night on, 162 people were arrested, released and detained. Organizers said that more than 2,000 volunteers have signed [...]Lyme Disease ‘Epidemic’ Causes Stir on Maine Island
Updated: 2011-08-25 01:58:41(Beyond Pesticides, August 25, 2011) A growth in tick populations and increase in Lyme disease rates over the past few years on an island in Maine have local health officials scrambling to find a solution to keep the problem at bay. So far this year there have been 20 official cases and over 20 suspected [...]Can College Kids Recover From Drug Addiction While In School?
Updated: 2011-08-24 15:57:51College students who require treatment for substance-abuse disorders are not only faced with the daunting task of recovery but also with the reintegration into college life. Although there is a brand new program that will soon begin showing up on college campuses throughout the United States to assist young people who are trying to recover [...]Clean Technology ExFOB
Updated: 2011-08-24 15:51:14This week the U.S. military hosted 13 different vendors invited to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California to demonstrate various new clean technologies which may hastily be developed to assist soldiers on the ground in spots like Afghanistan. This is the third ExFOB event that the military has held. Erstwhile [...]Apple Scab Fungus More Resistant to Pesticides
Updated: 2011-08-24 14:09:07
(Beyond Pesticides, August 24, 2011) Scientists say the fungus that causes apple scab appears to be growing more resistant to pesticides routinely used to control the fungus, worsening the threat of outbreaks in commercial orchards.
For decades, manufacturers have come up with replacements for chemical mixtures the fungus outwitted. By using a rotating lineup of [...]LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! (please….)
Updated: 2011-08-24 13:13:15Hi Guys, We’re trying to make new friends on facebook. Click here to find us. The more likes we get, the more facebook only deals we’ll do, and we’ll let you pick what pests get the specials! Thanks so much for letting us be your bug specialist! Your Team at ePestSolutionsSedge Control for the Home
Updated: 2011-08-24 13:13:14It is not only insect pests that can cause trouble for the do it yourself home gardener, there are plants that can move in and play mischief on the hard work of lawn and garden. Today we highlight a nuisance plant that can make a monkey out of us if we aren’t careful. We will [...]Beyond Pesticides’ Back to School Checklist
Updated: 2011-08-23 14:00:21(Beyond Pesticides, August 23, 2011) It’s that time of the year again for kids to return to the classroom. Unfortunately, children may face unexpected dangers from pesticides, including antibacterial chemicals, used in and around schools. Studies show pesticides can impact a child’s neurological, respiratory, immune, and hormone systems, even at low levels. Help create a healthier [...]Peter Thiels’s Floating Sea City?
Updated: 2011-08-23 09:15:05What do you think? Is a floating sea colony science fiction or sound planning? In your opinion, is a floating sea colony a work of science fiction or feasible planning of architectural engineering? Peter Thiel the founder of PayPal invested $1.25 million in an ambitious project–floating, autonomous colonies at sea. The entrepreneur who pays students [...]PETA porn?
Updated: 2011-08-22 09:09:01
Throughout their history PETA campaigns have included all things from models posing naked for its anti-fur campaign to scantily clad women having sex with vegetables in support of veganism. Today, PETA has pulled out all the stops with a XXX porn site for its forthcoming marketing endeavor. More and more of the experts suggest that [...]Roundup May Be Damaging Soil and Reducing Yields, Says USDA
Updated: 2011-08-22 01:53:08(Beyond Pesticides, August 22, 2011) A US Department of Agriculture (USDA) official speaking at an agricultural conference said that the heavy use of Roundup, an herbicide manufactured by Monsanto and used heavily on “Roundup Ready” genetically engineered (GE) crops, appears to be causing harmful changes in soil and potentially hindering yields of crops that farmers [...]Hey! I needed that!
Updated: 2011-08-21 13:15:20
To go to trial this week is the dispute between a Kentucky man and a surgeon over the necessity of amputating the patient’s penis during a surgical operation in 2008 will go to trial this week. The doctor insists that he found cancer in the man’s penis and that it had to be removed, says [...]Village of Erie, Illinois Residents Going Green
Updated: 2011-08-19 11:33:58Many people assume that going green is an expensive choice. The residents of the Village of Erie, Illinois have proven all these skeptics wrong. The residents of the Village of Erie, Illinois will be given the opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint while saving money through the transition from their regular gas electric supplier to [...]Chemical Levels Found to Be Higher in Children from Low Income Families
Updated: 2011-08-19 01:56:02(Beyond Pesticides, August 19, 2011) Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are exposed to higher levels of a slew of environmental chemicals – some currently used and some long banned – than U.S. children from other socioeconomic backgrounds, finds a study of elementary school children from urban Minneapolis, Minn. The 7- to 12-year-olds had elevated concentrations of [...]Pesticide Implicated in Great Barrier Reef Degradation Receives Extension
Updated: 2011-08-18 01:57:35(Beyond Pesticides, August 18, 2011) A new report by the Australian government finds that agricultural pesticides are severely damaging the Great Barrier Reef; despite this fact, sugarcane growers have been allowed a six week extension to continue to use the weed killer diuron, which was intially set to be suspended for use on August 13. [...]Introducing my son, Brook
Updated: 2011-08-07 13:49:42Would you hire this guy to take care of your garden? Of course you would. Look at the light of responsibility shining in those eyes, the earnest, concentrated furrow in the brow, the hint of humor about the mouth. Wait,...