by faster | Dec 6, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: University of Maine DATE: December 6, 2018 SNIP: Children in Alaska whose diet includes a lot of fish from rivers fed by the Eastern Alaska Mountain Range may have a long-term elevated risk for cancer because of insecticides — including DDT — in the meltwater....
by faster | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: EcoWatch DATE: June 22, 2018 SNIP: A farm bill that opponents say would harm endangered species, land conservation efforts, small-scale farmers and food-stamp recipients passed the U.S. House of Representatives 213 to 211, with every House Democrat and 20...
by faster | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian’Catastrophe’ as France’s bird population collapses due to pesticides DATE: March 21, 2018 SNIP: Bird populations across the French countryside have fallen by a third over the last decade and a half, researchers have said. Dozens...