Stories Tagged "pesticides"
Federal Report Points to Many Causes In Dramatic Bee Disappearance
posted on May 3, 2013 at 5:35 PM
The disorder has caused as much as one-third of the nation's bees to just disappear each winter since 2006.
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EU Aims To Better Protect Bees From Pesticides
posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:23 PM
European Union Plans to restrict three neonicotinoid pesticides on plants and cereals that attract bees.
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EU Proposal To Protect Bees Stirs Hornets' Nest
posted on February 1, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Proposal restricts the use of three pesticides.
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Oregon Regulators Reject Pesticide-Free Zones
posted on November 2, 2012 at 4:47 PM
Farmers said the buffer zones would devastate agriculture, foresters said they would hamper efforts to replant near streams.
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Latest Buzz on Bee Decline: Maybe It's Pesticides
posted on March 30, 2012 at 2:14 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A common class of pesticide is causing problems for honeybees and bumblebees, important species already in trouble, two studies suggest.
But the findings don't explain all the reasons behind a long-running bee decline, and other...
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Controversial Strawberry Pesticide Pulled From US
posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:04 PM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The maker of a controversial strawberrypesticide said it's pulling all sales of the chemical from the U.S.market, surprising growers and environmentalists. Tokyo-based Arysta LifeScience Inc. said late...
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Clothianidin Pesticide Harms Honeybees And Must Be Banned, Beekeepers Claim
posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:39 PM
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations filed a petition Wednesday, asking federal regulators to suspend use of a pesticide they say harms honeybees.
The group is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection...
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Amid Bee Die-Off, Healthy Hives Thrive in Cities
posted on July 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM
CHICAGO (AP) -- Among the wildflowers and native grasses in the garden atop Chicago's City Hall stand two beehives where more than 100,000 bees come and go in patterns more graceful, but just as busy, as the traffic on the street 11 stories below.
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Bat Disease May Increase Farm Pesticide Use
posted on April 15, 2011 at 3:04 PM
CHAMPAIGN, Ill (AP) -- A group of researchers says the threat posed to bats by a fatal disease isn't just a threat to the animals but to American agriculture, one they believe farmers and consumers alike scarcely appreciate.
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New Clue Found to Disappearing Honey Bees
posted on August 28, 2009 at 8:08 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers have a new clue to the collapse of honey bee colonies across the country — damage to the bees' internal "factories" that produce proteins. Theories about the cause of bee colony collapse have included viruses, mites,...
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US Biologists Say 3 Common Pesticides Harm Salmon
posted on November 21, 2008 at 8:11 PM
GRANTS PASS, Ore (AP) -- Farms and orchards that continue to use three pesticides that harm salmon will have to greatly expand buffer zones around their fields so the chemicals don't reach streams, federal biologists ruled Tuesday.
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Only Four Farm Herbicides & Pesticides Have NAFTA Label
posted on March 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM
In announcing, a joint label for farm pesticides and herbicides last year, regulators in the United States and Canada called it a milestone in the reduction of trade barriers.
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Lowly Cockroach Could be a Boon For Farmers
posted on March 7, 2008 at 8:03 PM
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – Loathed by homeowner and restaurateur, the lowly cockroach is gaining some respect in the agricultural community.
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Pigs Not Pesticides
posted on March 7, 2008 at 8:03 PM
CLAYTON TOWNSHIP, Mich -- Jim Koan has gone hog-wild in his battle against a beetle that threatens his 120-acre organic apple orchard.
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EPA Approves 1-Year Use of Pesticide Despite Concerns of Scientists
posted on October 12, 2007 at 8:10 PM
(AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency gave the go-ahead for one-year use of a new agricultural pesticide Friday, saying its own scientific review overrides health concerns expressed by more than 50 chemists and other scientists.
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