Report: Generation in Jeopardy
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Kids today are sicker than they were a generation ago, and a growing body of scientific evidence points to pesticides as a reason why.
Report: Pesticide Drift in MN
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Monitoring data indicates that several months each summer, central Minnesota residents in potato-growing areas are regularly exposed.
Report: Pesticides & Honey Bees
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Honey Bees and Pesticides: State of the Science, a 22-page report on the factors behind colony collapse disorder (CCD) with a sustained focus on the particular role of pesticides. The report documents evidence that pesticides are a key factor in explaining honey bee declines, both directly and in tandem with two leading co-factors, pathogens and poor nutrition. These studies, in U.S.
Communities in Peril
Syngenta & Atrazine
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The Syngenta corporation invented the herbicide atrazine and is its primary manufacturer. The corporation is certainly one of atrazine’s most ardent defenders and promoters. One of the most commonly detected pesticides in U.S. ground and surface water, many scientists are increasingly concerned about the human health and ecosystem impacts of atrazine. Atrazine is a known “endocrine disruptor” that is linked to reproductive harm and cancers. This report offers a review of the issue, and highlights what farmers in particular can do to end reliance on Syngenta’s atrazine.