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Wildlife Ecotoxicology of Pesticides: Can We Track Effects to the Population Level and Beyond?
11 december 2013During the past 50 years, the human population has more than doubled and global Agricultural production has similarly risen. However,…Algemeen
Comparisons of arthropod and avian assemblages in insecticide-treated and untreated eastern hemlock stands in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
11 december 2013Great Smoky Mountains National Park is using systemic imidacloprid to treat eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis [L.] Carr.) infested with the…Bosvogels
Children from rural areas exposed to pesticides demonstrated significant DNA damage
10 december 2013A study investigated whether cytogenetic damage increased through prolonged pesticide exposure in n = 117 children, aged 7-11 years, living…Mensen
White-Nose Syndrome: Small brown bat may soon disappear from New England states
10 december 2013In 2006, New England states started observing a disturbing trend in the local population of bats — a fatal new…Vleermuizen
Some of Scotland’s most popular birds are suffering a severe drop in numbers, a study has revealed
9 december 2013Scientists from the RSPB, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Natural Research have revealed the startling decline in bird populations in…Akkervogels
The Disaster in the Making – ‘Shocking’ decline of UK countryside birds since the introduction of neonicotinoids
9 december 2013Some of Britain's most familiar countryside birds have plummeted in numbers since the 1990s, and some species have disappeared from…Akkervogels
As many as one in six children has a neurodevelopmental disability, and scientists are finding links to pollution
7 december 2013Carlos Jusino grew up a typical kid in Harlem, rollerblading near the Hudson River, eating at the McDonald's on 145th…Mensen
Commercial interest, political strategy and lobbying, not science, is what really counts for the biotech industry
7 december 2013The biotech sector often yells for “peer review” when the anti-GMO movement refers to analyses or research-based findings to state…Planten
Monsanto, the UK Government, EFSA and the EU Commission are joining forces in EU Court proceedings to prevent risky genetically engineered soybeans from being withdrawn from the food market
7 december 2013In March 2013, a group of non-governmental organisations filed a lawsuit at the Court of Justice of the European Union…Mensen
The Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, A Vanishing California Songbird, Needs Greater Protection, American Bird Conservancy Urges
7 december 2013The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to protect a vanishing California songbird by listing it as Threatened under the…Bosvogels
Bees and Butterflies; Who speaks for endangered species?
7 december 2013This letter is in response to Julee Boan’s excellent article about Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (Paying the Interest, Ignoring the…Bijen
A world without bees equals a world without food
6 december 2013For hundreds of years, miners toiling deep in the earth have taken small birds with them. If the air got…Bijen
Detection and analysis of neonicotinoids in river waters – Development of a passive sampler for three commonly used insecticides
6 december 2013Increasing and widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides all over the world, together with their environmental persistence mean that surface and…
Decline of the Ottoe Skipper in Northern Tallgrass Prairie Preserves
5 december 2013We counted butterflies on transect surveys during Hesperia ottoe flight period in 1988–2011 at tallgrass prairie preserves in four states…Vlinders
Vermont’s bumble bees are in serious peril, according to a new study by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies
5 december 2013Three of the 15 bumble bee species found in Vermont are thought to be extinct and at least one other…Hommels
Norwegian White Grouse stocks cut in half
4 december 2013Environmental authorities are worried about a huge reduction in Norway’s estimated number of the large bird known as rype (white…Hoogland vogels
Alarming new claims suggest that the GM diet is affecting animal health – prompting fears over human safety
4 december 2013At first glance the frozen bundles could be mistaken for conventional joints of meat. But as Ib Pedersen, a Danish…Mensen
Influence of combined pesticide and parasite exposure on bumblebee colony traits in the laboratory
4 december 2013Parasites and pesticides are among the suspected principle drivers of pollinator declines. However, especially in the case of key wild…Hommels
Pesticide-laden dust emission and drift from treated seeds during seed drilling: a review
4 december 2013Dressing seeds with pesticides to control pests is a widespread practice. Recent incidents of bee losses have directed attention to…
Known genetic susceptibility loci may modify the risk between pesticide use and prostate cancer
3 december 2013Uncovering SNP (single nucleotide polymorphisms)-environment interactions can generate new hypotheses about the function of poorly characterized genetic variants and environmental…MensenIncreased cancer burden among pesticide applicators and others due to pesticide exposure
3 december 2013A growing number of well-designed epidemiological and molecular studies provide substantial evidence that the pesticides used in agricultural, commercial, and…Mensen
Henk Tennekes urges Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to conduct a comprehensive review of the environmental impact of neonicotinoid insecticides
3 december 2013I understand that Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency recently announced that it “has determined that current agricultural practices related to…Algemeen
Three organophosphate insecticides were significantly associated with aggressive prostate cancer in the Agricultural Health Study (1993–2007)
3 december 2013Because pesticides may operate through different mechanisms, the authors studied the risk of prostate cancer associated with specific pesticides in…MensenGMO foods are anything but ‘safe’ – Pigs fed on the common diet of GM corn and GM soy have suffered digestive and reproductive disorders
3 december 2013As UK officials tout GMO foods as ‘safe’ compared to organic crops, results of a long-term, peer-reviewed study conducted by…Planten
