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Bees are being kept awake at night by pesticides used to protect crops from insects — and this is lowering their survival rates, a study has warned. Researchers from Bristol warned that — just like us humans — the vital pollinators need a good night’s rest in order to function properly. However, exposure to so-called … Read more
Greta Thunberg has rubbished Boris Johnson’s promises of a ‘green revolution’ after the government approved the use of a bee killing pesticide and a new coal mine. The Prime Minister has presented himself as being at the head of efforts to green the global economy with, for example, promises of huge reductions in greenhouse gas … Read more
Pesticides that are used to treat cats and dogs for fleas are causing ‘widespread contamination’ of English rivers, a new study warns. Scientists have found two neurotoxic pesticides – fipronil and imidacloprid – in river samples in concentrations that ‘far exceed accepted safe limits’. Both chemicals are banned from agricultural use due to the toxic … Read more
Pesticides and fertilisers have overtaken fossil fuels as the largest human source of sulphur in the environment, study shows Sulphur is one of the key components of acid rain which can harm ecosystems Regulations of fossil fuel emissions have helped reduce this form of damage US experts have found sulphur used in farming is now … Read more
Pesticides and fertilisers have overtaken fossil fuels as the largest human source of sulphur in the environment, study shows Sulphur is one of the key components of acid rain which can harm ecosystems Regulations of fossil fuel emissions have helped reduce this form of damage US experts have found sulphur used in farming is now … Read more
A new polymer coating could serve as a safer alternative to pesticides in controlling harmful fungi that devastate plant crops. UK scientists used a coating of (meth)acrylate polymer, which is normally used to make acrylic plastics, to block fungi from attaching to surfaces. The coating, which was shown to be effective on plants, averts the … Read more
Baby bumblebees are being BRAIN DAMAGED by pesticides that are carried into the nests by worker bees leading to ‘significantly impaired’ learning ability Worker bees are collecting from plants and flowers that have pesticide residues They then take that ‘food’ back to the nest where it is shared amongst the bees Insecticide imidacloprid is particularly … Read more