Whole Foods Launches New Produce Rating System For Greater Transparency
In an effort to increase transparency about the source and quality of its products, Whole Foods Market recently unveiled a comprehensive new in-store rating system for produce and flowers. Similar to...
View ArticleFeds Release First-Ever Food Allergy Rules For Schools
For the first time ever, the federal government has issued voluntary guidelines designed to help schools protect young students who suffer from food allergies. With the recent rise in food allergies,...
View ArticleDoes DDT Exposure Cause Obesity?
While the U.S. no longer blankets agricultural crops with DDT, use of the poison is actually on the rise in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently lifted a ban on DDT to...
View ArticleColorado Marijuana Will Be Tested for Potency, Pesticides
In January 2014, Colorado will embark on the brave new world of legal recreational cannabis. In preparation for this transition, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division...
View ArticleStudy: Pesticide Poisoning linked to Endometriosis and Infertility
Endometriosis is a painful and often devastating condition that can cause infertility when a woman’s uterine tissue grows outside the uterus. Scientists have never been sure why some women have the...
View ArticleFewer Bees Means More Expensive Almonds
Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is doing more than killing off bees; it’s impacting many parts of the food system. Take almonds for example. Like eating a handful as an afternoon snack? Then get ready...
View ArticleFirst Bees, Now Humans: EU to Restrict Common U.S. Pesticides Linked to...
The European Union’s top food safety agency has announced plans to restrict two pesticides common on U.S. grown fruits and vegetables. Citing that the pesticides may effect the nervous system of young...
View ArticleIs Your Christmas Tree Sprayed With Pesticides?
Picking out a Christmas tree is a favorite tradition this time of year. The whole family will debate what type to get. Should it have soft or prickly needles? Is it the right shape? What size will...
View ArticleCan We Still Call it Water? Wastewater Full of Prescription Drugs and Chemicals
Sewage treatment plants are only removing about fifty percent of prescription drugs and other contamination risks from water entering into the Great Lakes, finds a new report. According to the report,...
View ArticleEPA Looks to Increase Regulations on Pesticide Use
The EPA has proposed changes to pesticide and herbicide rules that could give farm workers and people living near farms some added protection from the harmful chemicals. According to Reuters, “EPA is...
View ArticleHoney Bees Getting $3 Million to Get Off HFCS and Eat Better
Humans aren’t the only ones consuming a lot of high-fructose corn syrup. The other species? Honey bees. While they’re not downing Big Gulp sodas or snacking on processed chocolate chip cookies, many...
View ArticleMath Error? Common Pesticides 1,000 Times More Toxic Than Advertised
It’s no secret that pesticides and herbicides pose grave human health and environmental risks. They’re connected to the serious population declines of important pollinators including bees and...
View ArticleAn Apple a Day…May Kill You? Controversial Diphenylamine on 80 Percent of...
Non-organic apples sold in the U.S. may contain a controversial chemical banned in Europe. The chemical diphenylamine (DPA), was banned by the EU in 2012 when manufacturers failed to prove that it did...
View ArticleEWG Releases 2014 Pesticides in Produce ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’:...
The Environmental Working Group has released its 2014 editions of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ guides to pesticides on produce. Topping this year’s list once again for containing the most...
View ArticlePesticide Exposure Impacting Thousands of California Students
Tens of thousands of school children in California are being impacted by pesticide exposure, cites a new survey conducted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Schools situated in...
View ArticleHoneybee Mystery Solved: Harvard Research Finds ‘Direct Link’ between Colony...
After years of speculation over the causes of colony collapse disorder—the mysterious condition causing honeybee deaths and unusual behaviors—scientists from Harvard University say they have found a...
View ArticleAutism Risk Factors Include In Utero Pesticide Exposure, Finds UC Davis Research
Autism risk factors can fairly confidently now include long-time suspects, agricultural pesticides, says a new study. According to the research, the risk for having a child with autism increase by as...
View ArticleNeonicotinoid Insecticides Cause Environmental Groups to Sue California
Neonicotinoid insecticides approved in California that have been shown to hurt honey bees violates the law, alleges environmental groups that have filed a lawsuit against the state. The groups, The...
View ArticleNeonicotinoid Insecticides Linked to Collapsing Bird Populations
Birds, like bees, are showing startling population declines as a result of exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides, cites new research. The culprit is believed to be imidacloprid, a pesticide in the...
View ArticleYour Grandma’s Levels of Pesticide Exposure May Be Making Your Kids Fat,...
Pesticide exposure today doesn’t just affect us or our children. New research says your great-grandchildren could be affected by the pesticides you’re exposed to. In particular, going several...
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