September 14, 2012 12:00 am By Jim Riddle | Winona A recent press release from the Stanford School of Medicine reads: “Little evidence of health benefits from organic foods.” The headline could just have easily read: “Despite billions spent on research and subsidies, conventional foods found more dangerous than organic.” The Stanford study […]
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Ospreys in Back River get ‘nest calls’
Scientists studying impact of contaminants on fish-eating birds. Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore Sun 5:57 PM EDT, July 9, 2012 Perched atop a weathered navigational marker near Rocky Point in Back River, the osprey shifted nervously, screeched and flew off as a boat full of people approached. With the raptor circling overhead, Rebecca Lazarus […]
Researchers Prove Bed Bugs Resistant to Common Pesticides
(Beyond Pesticides, June 7th, 2012) A new study confirms several other recent study findings on the inability of commonly used pyrethroid based pesticide products to control bed bug infestations. The study, entitled “Ineffectiveness of Over-the-Counter Total-Release Foggers Against the Bed Bug,” was published in the June issue of the Journal of Economic Entomology. Researchers […]
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Lack of training in environmental health
By SHARON UDASIN 06/07/2012 04:06 Israeli researchers say doctors worldwide are uninformed about diseases caused by pollutants. Medical students in Israel, the United States and Europe are not receiving adequate environmental health education, a study sponsored by the Haifa-based Public Health Coalition has reported. The report, called “Our Health and Environment,” was conducted by […]
USF researchers question safety of widespread lawn spray
By LINDSAY PETERSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: May 22, 2012 TAMPA — Two USF biologists published a study last year showing that a popular spray fungicide wiped out the frog population in their research tanks. They followed up last week with a study that produced findings even more disturbing. The chemical, chlorothalonil, affected […]
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Environmental Chemicals: Evaluating Low-Dose Effects
Linda S. Birnbaum Director, NIEHS and NTP, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, E-mail: birnbaumls@niehs.nih.gov Around the world, large-scale biomonitoring programs have provided extensive information about human exposure to a large number of environmental chemicals (Barr et al. 2010; Bilau et al. 2008; Churchill et […]
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Panic Over Bedbugs Can Create More Health Risks Than Their Bites
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS and WILLIAM NEUMAN Published: September 22, 2011 As bedbugs have made a comeback, aided by resistance to pesticides and spread by worldwide travel, scientists have found that panic over the blood-sucking pests may be more dangerous than their bite. Some people are misusing poisonous chemicals in a desperate bid to eradicate […]
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USDA Study Finds Higher Rates of Herbicide Volatilization Than Expected
(Beyond Pesticides, July 19, 2011) According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study published in the Journal of Environmental Quality, the volatilization of atrazine and metolachlor, two herbicides known to contaminate surface and ground water, consistently results in herbicide movement off the target site that exceeds nontarget field runoff, varying widely depending upon […]
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Study Shows Conventional Farming Increases Pest Pressure
(Beyond Pesticides, July 15, 2011) A study conducted by researchers at Michigan State University and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has linked the growth of industrial farming systems to increased pest pressure and higher pesticide use, highlighting the importance of biodiversity in agriculture. The researchers found that “landscape simplification” […]
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New Lawn Chemical Suspected in Mysterious Deaths of Trees
(Beyond Pesticides, July 13, 2011) Millions of dollars’ worth of Norway spruce and white pine trees are mysteriously turning brown and dying this summer, and the chief suspect is a new lawn chemical. The product, Imprelis, a new herbicide manufactured by DuPont, is suspected by State officials and lawn care professionals who say they […]
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