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The European Parliament has passed sweeping legislation known as the Pesticides Framework Directive on the sustainable use of pesticides, which aims to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticides on human health and the environment by promoting the use of alternative pest management methods that give priority to non-chemical methods, including organic farming and integrated pest management that keep pesticide levels as low as possible.
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( "Pesticides," the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment; 2008) -- A 2007 article in the Los Angeles Times reported that women who lived near California farm fields sprayed with organochlorine pesticides were more likely to give birth to autistic children.
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Pesticides have been implicated in the widespread disappearance of honeybees.
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Pesticides endanger their health and that of nearby residents.
Edible: Edible Radio Episode 96: Smart Food with Barry Estabrook Edible 2011
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Pesticides have been implicated in the widespread disappearance of honeybees.
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The mnemonic CHAMP has been proposed for delineation of toxic hydrocarbons — Camphorated, Halogenated, Aromatic, heavy Metals and Pesticides.
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Pesticides normally used to control native insects also appear to work on the newcomers.
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Pesticides endanger their health and that of nearby residents.
Edible: Edible Radio Episode 96: Smart Food with Barry Estabrook Edible 2011
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Scientists Use Sex-Crazed Bugs as Alternative to Toxic Pesticides Insect Sex – Inhabitat about mission submit a story shop advertise with us support us press contact sign up
Scientists Use Sex-Crazed Bugs as Alternative to Toxic Pesticides Insect Sex – Inhabitat 2010
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The produce industry claims that public health concerns prompted it to become the public face of a campaign to defend pesticides on produce, primarily to counter Environmental Working Group's popular annual Shopper's Guide to Pesticides.
Ken Cook: Best Friends Forever? Produce Growers and Pesticide Makers Deepen Their Bond Ken Cook 2011
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