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03/01/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Big Ag is using more synthetic fertilizers, and the nitrogen is causing dead zones and algal blooms in our waterways

With more nitrogen flooding our waterways, creating algal blooms and dead zones, scientists have warned that the use of synthetic fertilizers should be significantly reduced. In a seminar room at New York University in January, nitrogen experts from around the world painted a picture of how a nitrogen-soaked planet would appear. The group conducted the […]

02/27/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Johnson & Johnson facing class action suit over the asbestos in its talc products

New Brunswick, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer Johnson & Johnson is facing its first investor class action lawsuit. According to a legal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday, February 8, investors suffered from losses when the price of Johnson & Johnson’s stock […]

12/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Mefenpyr-diethyl — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Mefenpyr-diethyl is an organic chemical compound that is usually used as an herbicide to protect barley and cereal crops. It is a product of Bayer CropScience. List of known side effects Mefenpyr-diethyl can be very toxic to aquatic life. It is toxic to the human body when inhaled, ingested, or exposed to the skin and […]

12/21/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Esfenvalerate — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Esfenvalerate goes by trade names such as S-fenvalerate, Ectrin, Sumiflower, Pydrin, Sanmarton, Sumifly, and Sumitick. It is considered a restricted use pesticide because of possible negative effects to aquatic environments. Pure esfenvalerate appears as colorless crystals; its technical product exists as an amber liquid. List of known side effects Esfenvalerate is highly poisonous to humans. […]

12/07/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Calcium Propionate — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Calcium propionate is a food additive that has uses as a preservative in bread and other baked goods. For optimal results, it can be combined with propionic acid and sodium propionate. The United States Food and Drug Administration classifies it under the category generally recognized as safe (GRAS). This substance is very important in the […]

12/05/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Copper oxychloride — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Copper oxychloride is an agricultural fungicide and bactericide used as a foliar spray. Since copper oxychloride is an organic copper compound, it manifests greater systemic toxicity than inorganic compounds. Copper oxychloride has the chemical formula Cu2(OH)3Cl and is more correctly termed as dicopper chloride trihydroxide or sometimes basic copper chloride. It will react with a […]

12/04/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Conventional agriculture strikes again: Analysis finds that fungicides are causing the decline in endangered bumblebee populations

A team of scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York studied environmental factors to get a grasp of bumblebee population declines and range contractions. They thought they would find aggravators like changes in geography, insecticides, or land use. Instead, they were surprised by something that they didn’t even consider: fungicides. “Fungicides have been largely […]

12/02/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Aldrin — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Aldrin is an organochlorine compound that formerly has its uses as a broad-spectrum pesticide. Today, its manufacture, sale, and use is banned in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) instituted a near total ban of the pesticide in October 1974; prior to that, aldrin was imported into the country from Shell International (Holland). […]

12/02/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Fenpyroximate — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Fenpyroximate is an acaricide (killer of ticks and mites) and insecticide by inhibiting mitochondrial electron transport at the NADH-coenzyme Q oxidoreductase. It is not under any patent and is the International Organization for Standardization common name for tert-butyl – E-alpha(1,3-dimethyl-5-phenoxypyrazol-4-ylmethyleneamino-oxy)-p-toluate. The compound was analyzed by the World Health Organization’s International Programme on Chemical Safety in […]

11/30/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Piperonyl butoxide — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Piperonyl butoxide is a man-made pesticide synergist, which means it was not designed to harm insects but works with pesticides to increase their effectiveness. It usually works in tandem with natural pyrethrins or man-made pyrethroids – which come from the crushed flowerheads of two species of asters: the Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium and Chrysanthemum coccineum – and […]

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