News articles tagged with 'pesticides'
Pesticide susceptibility in children lasts longer than expected
— 24 Jun 2009 10:27 | HealthAlthough it is known that infants are more susceptible than adults to the toxic effects of pesticides, this increased vulnerability may extend much longer into childhood than expected,... — full story
Skip this cocktail party
— 21 May 2009 11:37 | EnvironmentThe most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains reveals that these animals are exposed to a hazardous cocktail of pesticides such as DDTs and PCBs, as well as emerging... — full story
Monitoring water through a snake's eyes
— 13 May 2009 01:27 | TechnologyAlthough most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, that ordinary tap water could become deadly within minutes, says Prof. Abraham Katzir of Tel Aviv University's... — full story
Agricultural contaminants threaten Donana
— 27 Apr 2009 14:45 | EnvironmentEleven years after the Aznalcollar pyrite mine rupture, in the north of the Donana National Park (Huelva), the contamination caused from the spill seems to have been overcome. Spanish... — full story
Time of conception linked to birth defects in United States
— 31 Mar 2009 11:09 | HealthA study published in the April 2009 issue of the medical journal Acta Paediatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving... — full story
Gene exchange common among sex-manipulating bacteria
— 25 Mar 2009 18:44 | BiologyCertain bacteria have learned to manipulate the proportion of females and males in insect populations. Now Uppsala University researchers have mapped the entire genome of a bacterium... — full story
New 'green' pesticides are first to exploit plant defences in battle of the fungi
— 24 Mar 2009 17:30 | EnvironmentExploiting a little-known punch/counterpunch strategy in the ongoing battle between disease-causing fungi and crop plants, scientists in Canada are reporting development of a new class... — full story
Rock rose leaves and olive and date stones make up new anti-pesticide formula
— 16 Mar 2009 13:30 | EnvironmentA Spanish-Moroccan research team has developed an ecological means of reducing pesticide-related water pollution by using natural organic waste materials, such as olive and date stones,... — full story
High pesticide levels found in fruit-based drinks in some countries outside US
— 15 Dec 2008 18:40 | HealthIn the first worldwide study of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks, researchers in Spain are reporting relatively high levels of pesticides in drinks in some countries, especially... — full story
Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed
— 10 Dec 2008 11:04 | EnvironmentStriped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary... — full story