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Are bee colonies collapsing? If so, why? If not, why all the hype?

Have you heard the one about the bees collapsing? Bees and other pollinators are of crucial importance to agriculture. Over the past few years, the media has been replete with scary stories about “bee...

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Some common sense about pesticides. From the Daily Beast of all places

Kudos to Kent Sepkowitz for his very smart piece in yesterday’s Daily Beast. The title alone—Today’s ADHD Blame Game: Pesticides—suggest critical thinking about chemical toxicity—something that is very...

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Consumer exposure to pesticide residue far below levels of health concern

A new study published in International Journal of Food Contamination shows that pesticide levels in food are far below levels that would warrant health concern. Continue reading → The post Consumer...

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Marijuana growers need pesticides too!

The disconnect on the issue of marijuana between the federal government and state governments is causing some unexpected problems for growers. In states where marijuana is legal, l Continue reading →...

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Let them eat weeds

We’ve taken NYTimes columnist Mark Bittman to task many times for his superficial understanding of the food business, economics, or even common sense. His most recent story is no different: he...

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Neonicotinoid ban based on precautionary principle, not science

A ban instituted at the behest of anti-science NGOs and their donors — people who had little familiarity with science or farming or farmers - in Europe should be removed. Continue reading → The post...

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Does organic food contain prohibited substances? USDA says many do.

While organic crops supposedly aren’t treated with synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, a recent report suggests that isn’t always true. Continue reading → The post Does organic food contain prohibited...

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Environmental activists are ignoring the real bee killer

Greenpeace really loves bees – so much that they regularly hold bee “die ins” where they dress up in bee costumes and lie on the ground to be sprayed by faux pesticides. Environmental activists have...

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Flawed Pesticide Study Made Scarier by CNN’s ‘Reporting’

It was supposedly a "big" health story. We were told by CNN.com that there's now an established link between the development of childhood cancers, primarily leukemia and lymphoma, and the use of...

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Study Impugning Pesticides Besieged With Bugs

A new study purports to link some pesticides with obesity. Really? This sloppy study, based on both dietary and pesticide exposure while utilizing statistical manipulations and ad-hoc,...

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