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Persistent Pesticides
Persistent Pesticides
Persistent Pesticides
Persistent Pesticides

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Persistent Pesticides Defined

Pesticides that do not break down chemically or break down very slowly and remain in the environment after a growing season.

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Endosulfan threat still looms off Romblon

Published September 3, 2008, 1:14 am, ABS-CBNNEWS.com

Communities in Romblon's coast have been deprived of their primary livelihood, fishing, amid the threat of toxic contamination due to the presence of toxic cargo onboard the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars.

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SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry

Published September 2, 2008, 10:03 am, SeedQuest

Over the past 11 years, and in many parts of the world, genetically modified (GM) crops grown by 12 million farmers (of which 11 million are resource-poor farmers) have already provided significant improvements in the quantity and quality of the food supply while reducing economic cost, energy usage, pesticide usage, fuel usage, soil erosion and carbon emissions, with no ...

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Residues in Australian Veges Show Need For Labels

Published August 31, 2008, 6:34 pm, Scoop.co.nz

The discovery of the highly toxic insecticide dimethoate in Australian capsicum labelled as 'Product of New Zealand' in an Auckland Woolworths supermarket, shows the need for mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (CoOL), according to the Soil & Health Association's September Organic NZ magazine.

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Top Scoops

Published August 31, 2008, 5:50 pm, Scoop.co.nz

We are meeting in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin . . . . From the prolific womb of injustice we breed the two great classes -- tramps and millionaires.

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