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Beyond Pesticides 41st National Forum Series—Imperatives for a Sustainable Future. Beyond Pesticides offers the latest information on the hazards of pesticides and least-toxic alternatives, as well as ongoing projects including children's health, pollinators and pesticides, organic food and agriculture, mosquito control and lawn care.
Beyond Pesticides Makes Science-based Case that It Is Imperative …
Apr 13, 2022 · For Immediate Release. Contact: Jay Feldman, 202-543-5450/ext.15; [email protected] . Beyond Pesticides Makes Science-based Case that It's Imperative to Phase Out Pesticides in a Decade. The organic solutions to problems highlighted in the latest issue of Pesticides and You —based on the importance of healthy ecosystems and public health protection—are within reach, and the ...
Impacts of Pesticides on Wildlife — Beyond Pesticides
Jun 20, 2024 · The impacts of pesticides on wildlife are extensive, and expose animals in urban, suburban, and rural areas to unnecessary risks. Beyond Pesticides defines "wildlife" as any organism that is not domesticated or used in a lab. This includes, but is not limited to, bees, birds, small mammals, fish, other aquatic organisms, and the biota within soil.
Roundup Shown to Kill Bees—But Not How You Might Expect
Bumblebees sprayed with consumer use Roundup Ready-To-Use (contains glyphosate) experienced a shocking 94% mortality. Subsequent experiments were conducted at lower application rates for that product, and significant mortality was seen for the 1:1 dilution (98% mortality) as well as the 1:3 dilution rate (78% mortality).
Research on Thousands of Organic and Chemical-Intensive Farms ...
(Beyond Pesticides, September 24, 2021) Recent research out of California sought to compare (and quantify) differences in total pesticide use, and in use of pesticides of specific concern, across conventional and organic agricultural fields in the state. The research team, from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, …
Researchers Uncovering Patterns that Help to Explain Chemical ...
(Beyond Pesticides, November 3, 2021) With a significant and increasing share of the U.S. population reporting sensitivities to certain chemicals, a team of researchers at University of California (Irvine), University of Texas (San Antonio), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working to better understand how these symptoms develop. Although referred to by several names over the ...
Multi-Crop (Mixed Culture) Farming Practices Promote More …
(Beyond Pesticides, July 15, 2021) A study by ETH Zurich finds multi-crop (mixed culture) farmlands, which include a diverse array of crops, produce higher biomass and seed yields than single-crop (monocultures). Monocultures are most prevalent among arable farmland as commercial industrial farming uses this practice to increase sowing, managing, and harvesting efficiency for higher yields ...
What Is Beyond Pesticides?
Mission. Beyond Pesticides is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., which works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides. The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides ...
Beyond Pesticides Resources — Beyond Pesticides
U.S. Pesticide Reform Policies. A resourceful map spotlighting over 115 communities in 21 states that implement local pesticide policies.
Feds To Evaluate Endangered Species Impacts under Clean Water …
(Beyond Pesticides, August 9, 2023) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have agreed to assess the harms of applying pesticides in waterways to threatened and endangered wildlife under a legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD).