"LED Streetlights Decimating Moth Numbers In England"
"‘Eco-friendly’ lights found to be worse than sodium ones – but both contribute to insect decline, says study".
Source: Guardian, 08/27/2021
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"EPA Scrutinizes Neonicotinoids' Effects on Endangered Species"
"Three common neonicotinoid insecticides were ruled "likely to adversely affect" thousands of endangered species and critical habitats, according to draft biological evaluations released by EPA on Thursday, Aug. 26."
Source: Progressive Farmerr, 08/27/2021
"13 New Books About Pollution — and How to Fight It"
"Pesticides, sewage, mining waste, air pollution and trash — these new books address the toxic elements in our society."
Source: The Revelator, 08/24/2021
"Air Pollution From Household Products Is Cutting People’s Lives Short"
"Researchers attribute up to 900,000 premature deaths every year to a dangerous component of air particle pollution found in paints, pesticides, and cleaning supplies."
Source: EHN, 08/17/2021
"FDA Raises Alarm Over PFAS-Tainted Food Containers"
"FDA is warning the food industry that certain processes for producing plastic used for food containers may result in PFAS leaching into food. "
Source: E&E News, 08/11/2021
"Farm Pesticides Killing More Bees - Study"
"Agricultural pesticides sold to farmers ready-mixed into "cocktails" can kill twice as many bees, according to an analysis of 90 studies."
Source: BBC News, 08/06/2021
Regulators Let Pesticides From Factory Pollute Neb. Town For Years
"For years, the people of Mead, Nebraska, have worried about the ethanol plant that moved into their small rural community a little over a decade ago. They feared the terrible smells and odd illnesses in the area might be connected to the plant and its use of pesticide-coated seed corn in its biofuel production process."
Source: Guardian, 05/31/2021
"Pesticides: Trump EPA Dodged Science Policy For Weedkiller"
"Trump EPA officials purposely veered from the agency's principles of scientific integrity to approve continued use of the weedkiller dicamba on genetically modified crops, the agency has admitted."
Source: E&E News, 05/25/2021
"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists"
"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2021
Pesticides Becoming More Toxic For The World's Most Important Insects
"Over the last 25 years, the toxicity of 381 pesticides in the U.S. more than doubled for pollinators and aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans, mayflies, and dragonflies, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 05/19/2021
