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Imidacloprid perturbs feeding of Gammarus pulex at environmentally relevant concentrations
9 april 2014Changes in food uptake by detritivorous macroinvertebrates could disrupt the ecosystem service of leaf litter breakdown, necessitating the study of…Overige insecten
Unbridled pollution and siltation have taken a heavy toll on aquatic life in Wullar, largest freshwater lake in Asia, in north Kashmir
9 april 2014Fed by numerous streams and springs, Wullar Lake facilitated combination of capture and culture fisheries and till a few decades…Vissen
A landmark study has revealed the UK is suffering one of the worst rates of honeybee colony deaths in Europe
9 april 2014In the cold winter of 2012-13, 29% of honeybee colonies in the UK died, with only Belgium suffering a higher…Bijen
The missed lessons of Sir Austin Bradford Hill
7 april 2014Austin Bradford Hill's landmark 1965 paper contains several important lessons for the current conduct of epidemiology. Unfortunately, it is almost…
A Quarter of All Bumblebees At Risk in Europe
5 april 2014Pesticide contamination and agricultural intensification threaten 24 percent of Europe’s bumblebees, according to research conducted by the International Union for…Hommels
Roseate terns are now close to extinction in Northern Ireland, according to a shock new bird report
30 maart 2014The study from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has chronicled the fortunes of our seabirds and found that last…Kustvogels
Early-life permethrin exposure imparts long-lasting consequences on the hippocampus such as impairment of long-term memory storage and synaptic morphology
29 maart 2014During the neurodevelopmental period, the brain is potentially more susceptible to environmental exposure to pollutants. The aim was to determine…Ratten
We still have a lot to learn about the possible benefits as well as the dangers of GMOs
28 maart 2014You hear a lot these days about genetically modified organisms, with many people arguing that they’ll be a necessity in…Mensen
Roundup® (a glyphosate-based herbicide) leads to neurotoxicity in hippocampus of immature rats
27 maart 2014The aim of this study was to investigate whether Roundup® (a glyphosate-based herbicide) leads to neurotoxicity in hippocampus of immature…Ratten
Widespread Use and Frequent Detection of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Wetlands of Canada’s Prairie Pothole Region
27 maart 2014Neonicotinoids currently dominate the insecticide market as seed treatments on Canada's major Prairie crops (e.g., canola). The potential impact to…
Dutch Parliament votes to ban all neonicotinoid pesticide uses in the Netherlands
26 maart 2014On March 18, a majority of Dutch parliament rallied behind a motion of the Animal Welfare Party for a national…Bijen
Pesticides make the life of earthworms miserable
26 maart 2014Pesticides have a direct impact on the physiology and behaviour of earthworms, a Danish/French research team reports after having studied…
Greenhouse insect management without neonicotinoids
24 maart 2014Recent research in Europe and North American has shown that very low concentrations of neonicotinoid insecticides, in some cases even…Overige insecten
House Sparrows Facing Decline In South India’s Capital City
22 maart 2014House sparrows, once a prominent presence in many villages and towns in southern state of Kerala, are fast disappearing from…Stadsvogels
Sublethal doses of a neonicotinoid pesticide and pathogens interact to elevate honey bee mortality across the life cycle
21 maart 2014Microbial pathogens are thought to have a profound impact on insect populations. Honey bees are suffering from elevated colony losses…BijenThousands of ducks starving to death all over the Great Lakes
18 maart 2014The Niagara River corridor from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is renowned as a spectacular winter haven for hundreds of…Kustvogels
The number of offspring drops significantly when fruitflies are chronically exposed to nanomolar concentrations of imidacloprid
17 maart 2014For at least one member of a controversial class of insecticides, low doses may cause as much harm to nontarget…Overige insecten
Lethal and sublethal effects of imidacloprid, after chronic exposure, on the insect model Drosophila melanogaster
11 maart 2014Neonicotinoids are subjected to vigilance because of environmental contaminations and deleterious effects on bees. Imidacloprid (IMI) is one of the…Overige insecten
The eradication of hunger and malnutrition is an achievable goal – Conclusions in Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, of 24 January 2014
11 maart 2014The eradication of hunger and malnutrition is an achievable goal. Reaching it requires, however, that we move away from business…Mensen
Birth Defect Anencephaly on Rise in Washington, Stumping Health Department
9 maart 2014A recent CNN report Saturday revealed an unusually high number of babies born with the birth defect anencephaly in a…MensenThe number of officially endangered species in Turkey now stands at 179, according to a report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
9 maart 2014The number of officially endangered species in Turkey now stands at 179, according to a report by the World Wide…Algemeen
The marvellous Canadians – The “Bees and Farming” Resolution: Moratorium on Neonicotinoids
4 maart 2014WHEREAS managed hives, wild bees and native pollinators are integral and irreplaceable as pollinators in agriculture and in the natural…Bijen
England’s lost world
27 februari 2014Hundreds of species have become extinct in England over the past 200 years: ants, bees, beetles, butterflies, dragonflies, fish, fleas,…Algemeen
Former member of FCT editorial board condemns Seralini study retraction
27 februari 2014A former member of the editorial board of Food and Chemical Toxicology, the journal that published and then retracted the…
