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New chemicals piling up in environment

New chemicals piling up in environment | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
WINDSOR, Ont. -- New flame retardants meant to replace their toxic predecessors are showing up in the air around the Great Lakes in increasing concentrations and travelling as far north as the Arctic.
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Saving the Family Coffee Farm: An Unintentional Organic Journey

Saving the Family Coffee Farm: An Unintentional Organic Journey | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
In 1992, when coffee prices plummeted and pesticides robbed Geraldo Calderon of his health, he had to change his farming methods. But it would be another 5 years before he learned that he was on the cutting edge of the organic farming movement.
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Science and Environment: The Missing Dots

Science and Environment: The Missing Dots | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
Stanford symposium Connecting the Dots looks for connections between agriculture, energy and the environment as population grows.
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Food security focus fuels new worries over crop chemicals

Food security focus fuels new worries over crop chemicals | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
(Reuters) - Scientists, environmentalists and farm advocates are pressing the question about whether rewards of the trend toward using more and more crop chemicals are worth the risks, as the agricultural...
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Subtle poison

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IN THE winter of 2006 beekeepers in America noticed something odd—lots of their hives were dying for no obvious reason.
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Executive Summary | EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides | Environmental Working Group | EWG.org

Find out what to buy organic – and why - with EWG’s 2011 Shopper\’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. We rank 53 popular fruits and vegetables based on their total pesticide loads.
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Pesticides hit queen bee numbers

Pesticides hit queen bee numbers | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
Some of the world's most commonly used pesticides are killing bees by damaging their ability to navigate and reducing numbers of queens, research suggests.
Gina Stepp's comment, March 30, 2012 1:14 AM
Need those bees!!