Month: July 2018
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Another 3 common pesticides are now linked to Parkinson’s disease risk
Read More: Another 3 common pesticides are now linked to Parkinson’s disease riskThree more pesticides commonly used in the United States have now been linked to heightened Parkinson’s risk
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Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – study
Read More: Pregnant women in Indiana show fourfold increase in toxic weedkiller in urine – studySeventy percent of pregnant women in state had herbicide dicamba in their urine, up from 28% in an earlier study
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‘America is a factory farming nation’: key takeaways from US agriculture census
Read More: ‘America is a factory farming nation’: key takeaways from US agriculture censusSmall farms and Black farmers are going out of business, while corporate-controlled farms are booming, raking in subsidies
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Why the Farm Bill Isn’t Prioritizing the Right Things
Read More: Why the Farm Bill Isn’t Prioritizing the Right ThingsAs legislators work to pass the farm bill by Sept. 30, these are the five things they need to include.
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Could farm fertilizers be driving Corn Belt cancers?
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Iowa’s legendary soil, the bedrock of its economy, is losing its richness, new research shows
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More than half of Earth’s species live in the soil, study finds
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EPA posts databases of pesticide harm to people, pets and wildlife for first time in agency history
Read More: EPA posts databases of pesticide harm to people, pets and wildlife for first time in agency history“This is the most significant step the EPA has taken in years to increase transparency about pesticides’ harms,” one advocate said.
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EPA says three widely used pesticides driving hundreds of endangered species toward extinction
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How are agri-chemicals affecting the lives of rural Iowans?
Read More: How are agri-chemicals affecting the lives of rural Iowans?As crop dusters circle above, researchers are working to find out
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