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11/11/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Methoxychlor — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Methoxychlor is a widely used pesticide against various types of biting insects and pests such as houseflies, cockroaches, and biting flies as well as mosquito larvae and chiggers. A fact sheet published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notes that the highly toxic pesticide is commonly used on field crops, vegetables, fruits, and stored grains. Likewise, the compound is used […]

11/11/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Trifloxystrobin – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Trifloxystrobin is classified as a highly toxic fungicide that is primarily used in mitigating fungal growth in a wide array of crops. A pesticide fact sheet released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explains that the fungicide works by mitigating spore germination and mycelial growth in a plethora of fungal pathogens within the Ascomycete, Deuteromycete, Basidiomycete and […]

11/11/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Diflubenzuron – toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Diflubenzuron is classified as an acaricide or insecticide that was first registered in the United States in 1976. According to a Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) data sheet published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the insecticide is primarily used to protect agricultural, ornamental and forest plants from the leaf eating larvae of certain insects such as gypsy moths, rust mites, […]

11/08/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Bromophos — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

Bromophos is classified as an organophosphate chemical that is commonly used as a pesticide to fend off sucking and chewing insects such as vegetable root maggots, sawflies, fruit flies and aphids as well as beetles, mangold fly and codling moths. An article published on the In Chem website also notes that bromophos can be used as an emulsifiable concentrate, wettable […]

11/07/2017 / By Earl Garcia

2-Phenylphenol — toxicity, side effects, diseases and environmental impacts

The chemical 2-phenylphenol is an antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral agent that is commonly used as a preservative to fend off post-harvest storage diseases in certain crops such as apples, tomatoes and cucumber as well as peppers, citrus fruits and stone fruits. Likewise, the compound is used in the production of food seasonings. The compound is also utilized as a general surface […]

06/26/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Alarming report reveals nearly half of all Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, yet no one talks about weed killer in the food supply

A report by the Canadian Cancer Society revealed that nearly half of the general population may be diagnosed with certain types of cancer in their lifetime. Data from the Canadian Cancer Statistics annual report for 2017 showed that 49 percent of men and 45 percent of women were expected to develop cancer. These rates were significantly higher […]

06/05/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Cancer rates to explode as global herbicide market projected to reach $34 billion by 2022

The global herbicide market is poised to grow exponentially in 2022, which in turn may further drive up the already high cancer rates around the world. Data from the recent Research and Markets report showed that global herbicide market was valued at $23.97 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow to $34.10 billion by 2022. According to the report, […]

05/30/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Bee-friendly plants sold at garden centers found to be heavily contaminated with deadly pesticides

Bee-friendly plants sold at garden centers may not be so friendly after all, as new research found that a vast majority of these plants were laden with toxic insecticides. As part of the study, a team of researchers at the Sussex University in the U.K. examined leaf specimen of 29 plant samples — such as dahlias, allium, bellflowers and foxgloves […]

04/30/2017 / By Earl Garcia

100% of honeybee colony food found to be heavily contaminated with toxic pesticides

Honeybee colonies were found to be heavily laden with toxic pesticides, according to a recent study. As part of the study, researchers at Cornell University examined 120 honeybee colonies placed near 30 apple orchards around New York state. The bees were allowed to forage for a few days during the flowering season. The research team then assessed each […]

04/27/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Mass die-offs accelerate across the planet, by 2020 two-thirds of wild animals will be wiped out

The planet’s animal population is rapidly dwindling, with about two-thirds expected to be wiped out by 2020, a recent analysis revealed. To carry out the study, researchers from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) compiled data on animal population and found that it declined by 57 percent between 1970 and 2012. The research […]

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