The pesticide was banned and the birds' numbers began to increase again as they became a protected species.
Some of the pesticide turned out to have been only a few weeks old when it was buried.
He is especially concerned about the toxic effects of the pesticide methyl bromide.
The pesticide alarmism was debunked in July by an independent, peer-reviewed study by researchers at the University of California Davis.
And because the pesticide will be everywhere in the crop, it is predicted that the pests will rapidly acquire resistance to it.
Notification would include the name of the pesticide used, any potential adverse effects, and information on where and why it is being applied.
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The ad's second page uses an archival engraving of a pointing hand to draw attention to the pesticide name, "Finish, " in purple letters.
Monsanto over its monopoly position in the pesticide market with Roundup.
The pesticide-free cooking roses used by most American chefs come from organic gardeners in California who air-freight them to specialty food suppliers around the country.
The pesticide DDT was found to be the cause of the problem as its use resulted in a thinning and subsequent cracking of their egg shells.
Buenos Aires Security Minister Sergio Berni said there were no health risks due to the "low toxic levels" of the pesticide, which was produced in China.
To isolate the effect of the pesticide exposure on ADHD symptoms, the researchers controlled for a variety of health and demographic factors that could have skewed the results.
The pesticide industry is full of these sorts of stories.
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Steven Phillips of Exxon Mobil (a board member of Roll Back Malaria) notes that his oil firm makes the pesticide used in bed nets woven in Tanzania and its filling stations could hand them out.
The pesticide legislation, which will ban the use of certain toxic chemicals on farms, originated back in July 2006, when the European Commission sent an initial legislative proposal to the European Parliament for a first reading.
Dr. Marion Moses, director of the Pesticide Education Center in San Francisco, California, notes that at least one commonly used class of pesticides, organophosphates, can adversely affect the heart -- and this effect is just the tip of the iceberg.
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The pesticide legislation is in the form of a directive, which means it will have to be incorporated into UK law, and that of other member states, although it is unlikely to come fully into effect until well into the next decade.
Dow merged with a company whose subsidiary ran the Bhopal pesticide plant - the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters in 1984.
In 1999, Dow merged with the Union Carbide Corporation, whose subsidiary Union Carbide India ran the Bhopal pesticide plant - the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters in December 1984.
In 1999, Dow merged with the Union Carbide Corporation, whose subsidiary Union Carbide India, ran the Bhopal pesticide plant - the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters, in which thousands of people died in the previous decade.
In 1999, Dow merged with the Union Carbide Corporation, whose subsidiary Union Carbide India, ran the Bhopal pesticide plant - the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters which had led to the death of thousands of people in the previous decade.
Many kill themselves by consuming the very pesticide they went into debt to purchase.
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Scientists believe the controversial pesticide DDT is responsible for premature puberty in girls in developing countries.
The National Pesticide Information Center, which offers information about pesticides and related topics, tracks bed bugs by state, based on the calls it receives.
Today that resignation has given way to a new sense of optimism, thanks, in part, to the revival of the controversial pesticide DDT.
There were concerns the development pesticide-resistant GM crops meant consumers were being exposed to increasingly toxic residues, some of which could damage embryos in the womb.
Fungicides are used to kill fungal spores that infect plants and are potentially hazardous to people who are exposed to them at high levels, according to the National Pesticide Information Center.
Professor Ashford believes the huge rise in pesticide use over the last half century could explain many illnesses, ranging from skin rashes and breathing problems to cancers and birth defects.
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Most notably, she and her colleagues measured only one urine sample for each child, and therefore weren't able to track whether the levels of pesticide byproducts were constant, or whether the association between exposure and ADHD changed over time.
Lynn Goldman, the EPA's chief pesticide regulator during the Clinton administration, defended and publicly misrepresented her agency's policies toward biotechnology.
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