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The endless hazards of commercial baby foods: lead and pesticides

Food Politics

PESTICIDES I read in The Guardian: Nearly 40% of conventional baby food contains toxic pesticides, US study finds. The research, conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) non-profit, looked at 73 products and found at least one pesticide in 22 of them. No pesticides were detected in any of the 15 organic products.

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NASDA Foundation Awarded $3 Million EPA Grant for Pesticide Inspector Training Program

NASDA

Environmental Protection Agency to implement the Pesticide Inspector Residential Training Program. 2, will significantly expand the nationwide educational training provided to pesticide inspectors and enforcement staff over the next five years. This funding, effective Aug.

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Letter Regarding FY25 Pesticide Appropriations

NASDA

Our nation’s farmers, applicators, consumers, and other users rely on quality pesticide registration decisions and guidance from federal regulators to allow for the meaningful use of pesticidal tools while ensuring both human health and our environment are protected. million for the operations of EPA-OPP. While FY2024 did provide $1.0

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Defra confirms continued access to EU-treated seeds and pesticides

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Farmers and growers will continue to have access to important seed treatments and pesticides from Europe when the current post-Brexit arrangements expire at the end of the year. It had been feared that access to such products would be lost after 2023.

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Endangered Species Act threatens pesticide use

Western FarmPress

Decisions are being made with an inadequate understanding of the science involved in creating, testing, registering and using pesticides -- decisions that will affect future pesticide registration and reregistration.

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How biologicals and new approaches are changing pesticide use

Farmers Weekly

Currently, the global figure stands at $9bn (£7.3bn), but the combined drivers of sustainable production, legislation, new modes of action […] The post How biologicals and new approaches are changing pesticide use appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Chemical Capture: The Power and Impact of the Pesticide Industry

Civil Eats

But as Civil Eats’ reporting has shown over the past 15 years, the impacts of those pesticides are profound and span the entire food chain—from threatening important organisms in soil to causing illness due to acute exposure during use. And between 1990 and 2020, the amount of pesticides used per acre increased by 33 percent.

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