News tagged with pesticide residue

Foreign insects, diseases got into US

(AP) -- Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Digging for past clues on climate change

Scientists are hoping samples of soil formed up to 20,000 years ago that they dug from the Meadowlands will provide clues to dramatic shifts in climate, geology and plant life that may have hit the region in the past.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research links pesticides with ADHD in children

(AP) -- A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 8




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Synthetic nano-waste does not disappear

(Phys.org) -- Tiny particles of cerium oxide do not burn or change in the heat of a waste incineration plant. They remain intact on combustion residues or in the incineration system, as a new study by Swiss ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A new method detects traces of veterinary drugs in baby food

The quantities are very small, but in milk powder and in meat-based baby food, residues of drugs given to livestock were found. Researchers from the University of Almería (Spain) have developed a system ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Organic farming without cabbage flies

When cabbage root flies lay their eggs on freshly planted vegetables, organic farmers often lose their entire crop. In the future, pellets made of cyanobacteria and fermentation residues from biogas plants ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pesticides not sole cause of declining bee numbers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a growing worldwide clamor to ban pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, multiple factors contribute to the declining honey bee population, not just one class of insecticides, says Extension Apiculturist ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anthrax-killing foam proves effective in meth lab cleanup

Sandia's decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

UI engineers conduct residential soils study, one of few such US studies ever done

University of Iowa engineers have published their findings from a study of residential soils in the city of Cedar Rapids, making it one of only a few such U.S. urban soil studies ever conducted.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A fish test to make food safer

Nowadays, half of all the fish we eat comes from fish farms. The problem is that these fish are increasingly being fed vegetable matter, which could lead to a build-up of residual pesticides in them. A new ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Winterization tips offered for pesticide application equipment, supplies

As winter approaches, it is time to store pesticides and prepare sprayers for long-term storage, says Montana State University Pesticide Education Specialist Cecil Tharp.

Biology / Other

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No-chemicals solar powered bug killer seeks Europe expansion

(PhysOrg.com) -- AgriSolar this week announced an aggressive push into the European market for its no-chemicals insect killer that makes use of solar power to heat special insect-zapping light bulbs. AgriSolar ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Self-cleaning cotton breaks down pesticides, bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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