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04/27/2018 / By David Williams

Pesticides threaten extinction of monarch butterflies

It is well-known that the use of pesticides can have deleterious effects on nature. Now, the latest casualty could soon be the majestic monarch butterfly as its very existence is thought to be threatened by the overuse of pesticides targeted towards milkweed. This is based on information from an announcement made by Mexican officials last […]

03/22/2018 / By Vicki Batts

If the EPA allows continued use of dicamba pesticide, it could push monarch butterflies to extinction

Over the course of the next year, more than 60 million acres of the monarch butterfly’s natural habitat are expected to be sprayed with dicamba herbicide. The shocking report from the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S. environmental group, explains that the widespread use of this toxin spells big trouble for the butterflies. The report […]

09/04/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Mass WIPEOUT of insects happening now across the U.K… has Earth been poisoned to death?

Drivers in the U.K. have noticed a lot fewer insects colliding with their windshields recently. This might sound like good news on the surface. After all, no one wants to kill bugs while they’re driving, and scrubbing their remains off the windshield isn’t the most pleasant task, either. However, this absence of insects on cars […]

08/18/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Even TINY traces of pesticides found to cause infertility in insects, scientists discover

How much of a pesticide do you think it takes to cause harm? For insects, the amount to cause harm is even smaller than scientists could have ever hoped to imagine. New research has highlighted just how dangerous chemical pesticides really are, yet for some reason these literal poisons continue to sit on store shelves […]

07/18/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Humanity’s chemical SUICIDE confirmed: Pesticides sprayed on food crops are wiping out food pollinators, leading toward a global food collapse

The next time you sit down to a delicious meal, consider the fact that bees are responsible for every third bite you eat. Honey bees take care of about 80 percent of all pollination, with just one bee colony pollinating upwards of 300 million flowers in a single day. In fact, 70 percent of the world’s […]

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