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Die Suche nach »pesticide« hat 94 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 61 bis 70.
EPA to Ban One Pesticide, Lets 32 Others Stay in Use
Nearing the end of a 10-year review of all pesticides, the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to ban a farm chemical that has tainted water and proved deadly to birds, but the agency approved continued... ...
rudkla - 5. Aug, 10:58
Unions Say EPA Bends to Political Pressure
Unions representing thousands of staff scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency say the agency is bending to political pressure and ignoring sound science by allowing a group of toxic chemicals... ...
rudkla - 3. Aug, 11:08
Pepsi and Coke under fire again
An Indian non-governmental organisation says samples of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products are showing even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study. http://news.bbc.co .uk/2/hi/south_asia/523975 8.stm From... ...
rudkla - 3. Aug, 10:42
Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas
On Midway Atoll, 40% of albatross chicks die, their bellies full of trash. Swirling masses of drifting debris pollute remote beaches and snare wildlife. By Kenneth R. Weiss Times Staff Writer August... ...
rudkla - 2. Aug, 19:20
The pesticide carbofuran is highly toxic to birds: Take Action to Save Our Birds
http://action.defenders.or g/site/R?i=e4-ve-S6rjTFvtY 8m8_WbA.. ...
rudkla - 31. Jul, 22:36
Farmers Use as Much Pesticide With GM Crops
One of the major arguments in favor of growing GM crops has been undermined by a study showing that the benefits are short-lived because farmers quickly resort to spraying their fields with harmful pesticides. http://www.tr uthout.org/issues_06/07270 6EB.shtml ...
rudkla - 28. Jul, 14:06
9,000 EPA Scientists Call for an End to Compromising Safety
In 1996, under the Food Quality Protection Act, Congress gave the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 10 years to complete its assessment of the health impacts of hundreds of pesticides being used... ...
rudkla - 27. Jul, 14:00
Columbia River toxins moving up food chain
By Craig Welch Seattle Times staff reporter http://seattletimes.nwsour ce.com/html/localnews/2003 116801_columbia10m.html VANCOUVER, Wash. — First were the crayfish near Bonneville Dam, so loaded with... ...
rudkla - 10. Jul, 19:51
Small Bug Is Big Threat to Trees in Illinois
June 25, 2006 By GRETCHEN RUETHLING http://www.nytimes.com/20 06/06/25/us/25beetle.html [foto] Kenneth Dickerman for The New York Times - The beetle, native to Asia, has killed millions of trees in... ...
rudkla - 25. Jun, 15:30
BANNING A CANCER-CAUSING PESTICIDE-METHYL IODIDE
In Feb. 2006 OCA generated thousands of letters and phone calls to the EPA opposing the proposed use of the carcinogenic pesticide methyl iodide. In January, the EPA had indicated it would allow farmers... ...
rudkla - 22. Jun, 12:09
