Pesticides
Dangerously Awash in Chemicals
Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?
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Poisoning the Planet’s Web of Life
The Web of Life is under attack but almost nobody is aware because it’s happening mostly below the surface. Scientists have identified a rampant worldwide Bugpocalypse that’s methodically killing the planet’s most significant and most crucial life support system, and it’s intentional!
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‘Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,’ 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
The immediate “no-regret” measures they propose include aggressively curbing planet-heating emissions and the use of synthetic pesticides.
Read More Science: Bees Are the Most Important Species on Earth
Bees are the most important species, according to research that reveals how wild bee health impacts the environment more than colony collapse disorder.
Read More Make the Connection: Soil Health = Human Health
If we continue to farm the way we have been for the last 60 years, then we will only have approximately 60 more arable growing seasons left on planet earth – if the soil goes, we go.
Read MorePesticides in the Dock: Ecological Apocalypse but Business as Usual
Regardless of a rapidly emerging health and environmental apocalypse, with the pesticide industry being one of the key drivers, unrestrained capitalism reigns, profits trump public interest and its business as usual.
Read More More Bad News for Glyphosate
The Glyphosate controversy continues making news around the world and in Australia. The latest news being that the German Government has recently announced that it will phase out all uses for Glyphosate by 2023.
Read More Neonicotinoid Pesticides Have Caused A Huge Surge in the Toxicity of Agriculture
The most widely used class of insecticides is dangerous for much more than its intended target, new research finds.
Read More The Insect Apocalypse Is Coming: Here Are Five Lessons We Must Learn
Although endangered mammals get all the headlines, a new scientific report warns that over 40 percent of the world’s insects are in danger of going extinct. If insects head toward precipitous decline and extinction, humans can’t be far behind. We need to advance our thinking about insects, their importance and what can be done to save them.
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