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Friday, 6 September 2013

Pesticides and your health: Latest news and research

In the news, 23 children died in India after eating soya curry that was contaminated by pesticides.

Russian boys who drink locally produced milk, are breast-fed for more than three months or live near shut-down factories have higher exposures to banned pesticides, according to new research.

In the news, a new US study has been released highlighting for the first time the diversity of ‘chemical cocktails’ bees are ingesting.

In the news, Manitoba's Minister of Conservation and Water Stewardship, Gord Mackintosh, has made baseless claims about the health and safety of pesticides that totally contradict the comprehensive health-and-safety assessments done by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), the federal body responsible for approving pesticides in Canada.


News from New Zealand, a scientist investigating new bio-pesticides for farm and horticulture pests and diseases says they'll be able to compete with the chemical treatments they're designed to replace.

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