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Pesticide dispersion

3. February 2020 / / 0 Comments
“Environmental quality and pesticide dispersion in Val di Sole using bee-collected pollen as a bioindicator”

Honeybees are insects with an essential function as pollinators for mostly of the agricultural and natural species, allowing so the vast majority of worldwide food production. Beyond this role, honeybees are used as excellent bioindicator of the environmental quality. The ability of honeybees to undertake the role of ecological detector is due to unique morphological and ethological characteristics of this insect.

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Intensive farming

11. November 2019 / / 0 Comments

Europe must act on intensive farming to save wildlife, scientists say

EU’s agriculture policy needs urgent reform, organisations tell incoming commission president.

The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) should be overhauled urgently to stop the intensification of farming practices that is leading to a steep decline in wildlife, scientists from across the bloc have urged.
www.theguardian.com/intensive-farming

The Cocktail Effect

5. November 2019 / / 0 Comments

© pan-uk.org

UK citizens and the natural environment are being exposed to potentially harmful mixtures of pesticides. These mixtures appear in our food, water and soil and can affect the health of both humans and wildlife. There is a growing body of evidence that pesticides can become more harmful when combined, a phenomenon known as the ‘cocktail effect’.
www.pan-uk.org/the-cocktail-effect

Neonicotinoid pesticides

16. September 2019 / / 0 Comments
Common pesticide makes migrating birds anorexic

When birds migrate, timing is everything. Fly too late, and they miss the peak season for finding good food, a good mate, or a good nest site. But that’s just what may happen to migrants unlucky enough to eat pesticide-laced seeds, new research shows. Toxicologists studying white-crowned sparrows have shown that these large, grayish birds become anorexic after eating neonicotinoid pesticides, causing them to lose weight and delay their southward journeys. The study might apply to other birds as well—and help explain the dramatic songbird decline of recent decades, researchers say.

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