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The pesticide is most commonly used to control fly infestations around livestock. But in recent years, it’s been illegally used to poison nuisance wildlife across the state.
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Insecticides widely used on farms, lawns and gardens — known as neonicotinoids — are showing up in rivers across the Great Lakes region.
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Plenty of people have heard about the plight of the honeybee, as colonies have been disappearing for more than a decade. Across the country, people are…
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How worried should you be about pesticide residue on produce? Yesterday, we spoke with a veteran food scientist who said not to be alarmed. Today,...
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Just how worried should we be about pesticide residues on the fresh fruits and veggies we buy? Can we trust government standards? Are consumers avoiding...
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Researchers have found a chemical that’s widely used on crops such as almonds, wine grapes and tree fruits can be bad for bees. They’ve found it makes...
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You can thank a honey bee for pollinating about one of every three bites of food we eat. But as you’ve likely heard, bees are in trouble. They’re...
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Monarch butterflies need milkweed to survive, but some plants you buy for your garden could be toxic to them. There’s been a big drop in the monarch...
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If there's one pesticide most everyone can name, it's DDT. When the U.S. government banned DDT in 1972, it was seen as a great victory for the...
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Monarch butterflies are declining. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering whether to add the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under...