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Paracelsus got it wrong
06-12-2012
The contemporary interpretation of Paracelsus's famous declaration “the dose makes the poison”, for which he is often called the father…
The FOCUS modeling approach is not protective for insecticide concentrations in the field
06-12-2012
The FOrum for the Co-ordination of pesticide fate models and their USe (FOCUS) exposure models are used to predict the…
Dutch documentary investigates the link between the use of a new insecticide, Imidacloprid, and the rise of bee mortality
05-12-2012
Of all European countries, the Netherlands has the greatest bee mortality. Conservationists are very concerned about the impact this has…
Bats recovering from white-nose syndrome (WNS) show evidence of IRIS, a condition that is experienced by HIV-AIDS patients
27-11-2012
According to a hypothesis proposed by the U.S. Geological Survey and collaborators at National Institutes of Health, bats recovering from…
Bees and butterflies in mysterious decline
26-11-2012
It's not just domesticated bees that are in trouble. Many wild pollinators -- from the rusty patch bumblebee to the…
Small doses of neurotoxins can drastically impair the learning process in children
25-11-2012
Children are far more susceptible to chemicals and pollutants than adults and the increased rate of childhood illnesses is cause…
A link between the pesticides, rotenone and paraquat, and Parkinson’s disease
25-11-2012
The study, “Traumatic brain injury, paraquat exposure, and their relationship to Parkinson disease,” published in the journal Neurology surveyed more…
Florida grasshopper sparrow might go extinct in as little as two years
24-11-2012
Fearing that the Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) might go extinct in as little as two years, wildlife advocates…
Experts have expressed concern about the dramatic decline of birds in Lancashire
23-11-2012
New figures show that the number of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the region has fallen by 50 per cent…
A virus that can kill great tits was brought into the UK by insects, scientists believe
23-11-2012
The disease was first found in south-east England in 2006, but has spread rapidly around the country. It causes large…
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