Pesticides Float From Distant Farms to Protected Forests, Study Says
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An unusual climate system is allowing high levels of pesticides from lowland fields to reach pristine mountain rain forests in Costa Rica, experts suggest.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs
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A study produces evidence of a link between exposure to pesticides and a raised risk of Parkinson's disease.
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Some chemicals should be re-assessed after new evidence that they accumulate in food chains, scientists say.
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WEDNESDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Pesticides and head injury can both bump up risks for Parkinson&#39;s disease, European researchers report.
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GUIHUA, China -- For years now, nearly half the rice, wheat and vegetable farmers in this village in Henan province have been unable to make a living off their land. They have turned instead to more profitable migrant work in large, faraway cities.
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BINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight. The culprit was a seasonal pest: the eastern field mouse,...
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Illinois farmer Rick Parker  was busy spraying his crops with pesticide this week but weeds  were not his biggest worry as he surveyed his fields.
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An explosion of soyabean farming in South America is threatening huge areas of forest and grassland containing some of the world's richest and most diverse wildlife, a leading conservation group said on Thursday.
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Pollution from pesticides and insecticides in various parts of Greece has risen dangerously, while similar toxic substances have been detected in olive oil as well as imported fruit and vegetables on sale in ...
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By NATALIE STOREY  Workers preserve forest lands while helping farmers make profits  It wasn't so long ago that farmers and cattle herders in southern Costa Rica, in their efforts to survive, had nearly destroyed part of one of the world's most beautiful rain forests.
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By Anonymous  In a new report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences has found a continuing decrease in toxic organic chemicals in mollusks, specifically mussels and oysters, collected at more than 230 sites nationwide.
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.
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Study illustrates extent to which overfishing, air pollution and commercial shipping impact oceans.
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Clearing tropical forests to grow crops leads to a downward spiral in nutrients within the soil, a study suggests.
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She said the system had paved the way for poachers, illegal loggers, charcoal burners and even drug barons. &quot;Large tracts of forestland have been converted into farmlands, thereby destroying local biodiversity
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Workers exposed to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may have an elevated risk of lung cancer, US government researchers reported Tuesday.