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Pesticide Defined
Substances or mixture there of intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Also, any substance or mixture intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.
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Product of New Zealand
Published September 5, 2008, 10:09 am, The New Zealand Herald
Under our current food labelling system, imported produce can be repacked, reconstituted or processed in this country and then labelled as "Made in New Zealand".
Growing concern over pesticides
Published September 5, 2008, 8:40 am, Vietnam Net
A shortage of inspectors under the Plan Protection Department, and shortcomings in the law regulating their functions, is putting people’s health and the environment at risk as the pesticide market keeps growing.
Aceto fiscal 4th-quarter profit surges 90 percent on Health Sciences and pesticide sales
Published September 5, 2008, 8:19 am, Canadian Business
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. (AP) - Aceto Corp., which distributes chemicals and generic drugs, said its profit climbed 90 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter due to better sales of Health Sciences products and weed killers.
Coalition seeks $502,000 in Guadalupe oil funds
Published September 5, 2008, 8:00 am, The Adobe Press
Up to $502,126 from the Guadalupe oil spill funds could be allocated this week to help pay for a program designed to help clean up 80 percent of the Central Coast’s riparian areas, watersheds and groundwater by 2025.
Tox Away Day offers safe way to get rid of chemicals
Published September 5, 2008, 5:07 am, The Gleaner
Saturday is Tox Away Day, the annual event that gives local residents a chance to dispose of their household hazardous chemicals safely.
Growing concern over pesticides
Published September 5, 2008, 4:03 am, Việt Nam News
A growing pesticide market and a shortage of inspectors poses serious environmental concerns.
Japan orders recall of pesticide rice from China
Published September 5, 2008, 3:37 am, Philippine Daily Inquirer
TOKYO—A company in Japan sold pesticide-tainted rice from China to snack makers, the farm ministry said Friday, ordering a recall.
Hidden Pest Risks of Vacant Homes
Published September 5, 2008, 3:34 am, Carteret County News-Times
(ARA) - That vacant, foreclosed home next door isn't just bringing down your neighborhood's property values. It may also be a haven for a myriad of pests that can threaten the health and safety of neighbors, children and pets.
Kids learn about the good in honey bees
Published September 5, 2008, 2:45 am, Crookston Daily Times
The thought of being stung by a bee is enough to make anyone cringe, especially children, who tend to associate bees with stings. But, as Jane Vigness, Climax Branch librarian and co-owner of Sand Hill Honey, told children at the Crookston Library's summer reading program Wednesday, honey bees are very important to humans.
Dr. Yoon Kim wants to keep the bees
Published September 4, 2008, 11:32 pm, The Norman Transcript
Bees not only produce honey, they pollinate all flowers, crops and vegetation. They are disappearing and that spells disaster for the human race. One Oklahoma man, Dr. Yoon Kim, is trying to keep the honey flowing.
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- EPA is Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information: EPA is Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information NRDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery
Tue Sep 2
- Alerte aux pesticides dans les aliments - Libération, 01/09/2008: " De nouveaux seuils européens remplacent les limites fixées jusqu'à présent par chaque pays au niveau national. Ce qui va entraîner une augmentation «spectaculaire » des pesticides autorisés dans les aliments, dénoncent des ONG. "
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Fri Aug 29
- SEJ watchdog
- Germany Bans Eight Pesticides Linked to Honeybee Population Collapse; Clothianidin Chemical Found Contaminating Dead Bees: "Governme nt researchers tested the bodies of dead bees, and found that 99 percent had been contaminated with the pesticide clothianidin, made by Bayer. The pesticide had been applied to the seeds of oilseed rape (canola) in the nearby Rhine River Valley."
Thu Aug 28
- Welcome to the Home Use Pesticide Database
- Pesticide plans feared across the channel: "The new regulation will be made worse by our own new laws released after the 'Grenelle de l'environ nement'.& quot;
Wed Aug 27
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