Tag: pesticides
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Once Vibrant Expanse Of Sea Now Covered With Trash
My name is Ivan Macfadyen and I am a seasoned sailor with many voyages in the World’s oceans. My last Pacific crossing has raised an ominous alarm- I’m used to seeing turtles, dolphins, sharks and big flurries of feeding birds. But this time, for 3,000 nautical miles there was nothing alive to be seen. This…
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Glyphosate From Roundup Pesticides Does Not Belong In Canadian Food
Let’s cut right to the chase: Do you know what’s in your lunch? We were curious, so we decided to investigate further. We tested popular foods such as Cheerios, a Tim Hortons bagel, Ritz crackers and Fontaine Santé hummus and the results were overwhelming: 80 per cent of the foods tested contained the harmful chemical…
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Ontario Law Protects Bees By Reducing Neonicotinoid Corn And Soybean Crops
On July 1, 2015, Ontario was the first jurisdiction in North America to protect bees and other pollinators through new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80 per cent. To support this goal, new requirements were put in place for the sale and use of neonicotinoid-treated…