• Healthy Communities: 30th National Pesticide Forum Begins in New Haven, CT; U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal Joins Speaker Lineup

    Updated: 2012-03-30 05:05:29
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 30, 2012) Healthy Communities: the 30th National Pesticide Forum begins today, March 30, at Yale University in New Haven, CT and will continue through tomorrow evening. Walk-in registration starts at $35 ($15 for students) and includes all sessions, conference materials, and organic food and drink. There will be numerous speakers and [...]

  • Over One Million Comments Delivered to FDA Call for Labeling GE Foods

    Updated: 2012-03-29 05:01:38
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 29, 2012) The Just Label It Campaign (JLI) announced this week that more than one million Americans submitted comments supporting its petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods. The JLI Campaign, a national coalition of more than 500 partner organizations including Beyond [...]

  • Canada To Declare Triclosan Toxic to Environment

    Updated: 2012-03-28 05:01:14
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 28, 2012) The Canadian government is set to declare the bacteria killer found in many toothpastes, mouthwashes and anti-bacterial soaps as toxic to the environment, a move which could see the use of the chemical curtailed sharply in Canada. Triclosan, the chemical in question, has been linked to numerous human and environmental [...]

  • Take Action: Tell Congress to Protect Pollinators from Pesticides

    Updated: 2012-03-27 05:19:45
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 27, 2012) On March 21, Beyond Pesticides joined beekeepers and environmental groups, Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network North America in filing an emergency legal petition that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend registration of Bayer’s controversial bee-killing pesticide, clothianidin. Because Congress has the authority to exercise [...]

  • Grass-Fed Meat vs. Grain-Fed Meat

    Updated: 2012-03-26 09:47:05
    Most critics of meat consumption will argue that eating red meat has a connection to heart disease, high blood pressure and other conditions associated with poor health and early death. While these critics are not entirely wrong, they are not […]

  • Landmark Court Decision Compels FDA to Act on Antibiotics in Livestock Feed

    Updated: 2012-03-26 05:01:39
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 26, 2012) Organic and sustainable agriculture advocates achieved a milestone victory on March 23 when a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must act promptly to determine whether to ban subtherapeutic uses of antibiotics in livestock. The ruling is the latest step in a regulatory process that [...]

  • Methyl Iodide Maker Halts Sales in the U.S.

    Updated: 2012-03-23 04:01:55
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 23, 2012) In a victory for environmentalists and farmworkers, manufacturers of the controversial and highly toxic fumigant methyl iodide announced it will cease selling its products containing the chemical in the U.S. market earlier this week. Representatives from the Tokyo-based company, Arysta LifeScience say that the decision was made as a part [...]

  • Beekeepers and Environmentalists Petition EPA to Stop Pesticide Linked to Bee Deaths

    Updated: 2012-03-22 04:01:27
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 22, 2012) Yesterday, commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed an emergency legal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend use of a pesticide that is linked to honey bee deaths, urging the agency to adopt safeguards. The legal petition, which specifies the pesticide clothianidin, is supported by over one [...]

  • Dangerous Levels of DDT Still Plague San Francisco Bay

    Updated: 2012-03-21 04:01:12
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 21, 2012) A half-century after California officials discovered that large amounts of the pesticide DDT had been discharged into a San Francisco Bay canal, the chemical is still poisoning fish and posing a threat to human health despite numerous cleanup attempts. After years of limited success with clean-up, the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

  • Consumers Pressure Walmart to Reject GE Sweet Corn

    Updated: 2012-03-20 04:01:25
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 20, 2012) Several environmental groups have collected nearly half a million petition signatures as part of a campaign to pressure Walmart to not stock a variety of genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn developed by St. Louis-based chemical giant Monsanto Company. The groups, including the Center for Food Safety, Food and Water Watch, [...]

  • Non Toxic Bed Bug Prevention

    Updated: 2012-03-19 16:43:49
    If you have ever had the unfortunate experience of finding your home invaded by bed bugs, I can pretty much bet that you NEVER want to experience a bed bug infestation again. But, since bed bugs can go up to a year without a meal, you have to be dedicated to monitoring for any bed bug activity that you may have missed. In this article, we discuss some easy and non toxic DIY ways to keep bed bugs out of your home.

  • Overuse of Genetically Engineered Bt Corn Tied to Accelerated Resistance

    Updated: 2012-03-19 04:01:04
    (Beyond Pesticides, March 19, 2012) A group of 22 prominent entomologists has submitted formal comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) casting doubt on the future viability of certain varieties of genetically engineered (GE) corn. The entomologists, including researchers from land grant institutions in the Corn Belt and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural [...]

  • How Uncertainty, Speculation Factor Into Gas Prices

    Updated: 2012-03-14 13:13:49
    Watch How Uncertainty, Speculation Factor Into Gas Prices on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

  • Chemical Control Options for Ants

    Updated: 2012-03-05 19:03:07
    When attempting to control ants with chemicals, the most basic options are direct application to the mounds or a broadcast application. It must be noted, that to reduce your ant populations, you must kill the queen. So either application of chemical control must meet that objective to be considered a success. In this article we review direct and broad cast applications for ant control.

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