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Chemistry World
October 29, 2008
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Popular Agrochemical Linked to Frog Disease A new study provides further evidence linking the herbicide Atrazine to a global decline in amphibian populations over the last three decades.   |
Geotimes
May 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Mixed View on Pesticide Pollution The amount of pesticides in U.S. streams has generally decreased, according to a recent assessment. But urban streams are carrying more and more pesticides, and the number of different chemicals present simultaneously has gone up, raising concerns among some researchers. |
Science News
July 8, 2006
Janet Raloff |
Farm Fresh Pesticides In the U.S., for people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust. This is disturbing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the link between pesticide exposure and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. |
Scientific American
May 10, 2006
David Biello |
Mixing It Up Harmless levels of chemicals prove toxic when combined. |
AboutSafety
April 6, 2001 |
Agricultural Pesticide Protective Equipment Advice on personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect the handler from poisonings when mixing, loading and applying pesticides. |
Science News
April 25, 2009 |
Science Future For April 25, 2009 Save the frogs day... Extreme mammals at the American Museum of Natural History... Earth and space scientists present at the 2009 Joint Assembly... |
Science News
June 29, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Slugging It Out with Caffeine Federal scientists have discovered that the same chemical that provides the pick-me-up in a cup of java is a deadly turn-off to snails and slugs. Caffeine renders their food unpalatable. |
Science News
November 26, 2005
Janet Raloff |
Organic Doesn't Mean Free of Pesticides Despite organic claims of pesticide-free vegetables, a recent small-scale study found roughly the same amount of toxic pesticide chemicals in both conventionally grown and organic vegetables. |
Science News
May 27, 2006 |
Science Safari: Amphibiaweb Curious about frogs, toads, or salamanders? This Web site provides data on more than 6,000 amphibian species from around the world. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2006
Richard Van Noorden |
Keeping Mosquitoes at Bay Researchers have discovered that a chemical exuded by the colourful skin of poison frogs is a superb mosquito repellent. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
US Releases Pesticide Review The US environmental protection agency has outlawed agricultural use of the pesticides lindane and carbofuran, following 10 years of scrutiny. |
Scientific American
June 2008
Charles Q. Choi |
Can the "Amphibian Ark" Save Frogs from Pollution/Extinction? A repopulation plan for endangered amphibians. |
Chemistry World
September 19, 2012
Martin De Ambrosio |
Argentinean battle over agrichemical use The conviction of two people in Argentina for illegal pesticide spraying near residential areas could be the first of many, as activists vow to change the way farmers use agrichemicals. |
Mother Jones
October 2000
Jon R. Luoma |
The Ban That Wasn't The EPA declares a pesticide dangerous to kids -- but leaves it on food and in the fields... |
Chemistry World
January 23, 2009
Phillip Broadwith |
EU pesticide law condemned by chemists Scientists, farmers, governments and the agrochemicals industry have united in their condemnation of a new EU law to control the use of pesticides. |
