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Oregon’s Department of Agriculture began phasing out the use of chlorpyrifos in 2020. Now, the state will ban most of its uses this month — with some exceptions.
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A major UC Merced study and survey detail the harsh conditions many of California’s farmworkers experience at home and work. The issues are under a spotlight following the recent mass shootings at two mushroom farms.
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Growing cannabis is now legal in both California and Oregon, but that doesn't mean all the practices involved with growing it are legal. The black market…
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Carol Van Strum is not fond of pesticides. And that may be the understatement of a lifetime. Van Strum fought the aerial spraying of pesticides on federal…
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The federal Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to order the pesticide chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) off the market a couple of years ago. Then Donald…
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Two things are generally true about conventional agriculture: 1) it takes people, 2) it takes pesticides. So there are situations where people are exposed…
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Like it or not, the plants that surround us are often NOT the plants that would be here without people and their constant tinkering with the environment.…
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Reading a pesticide label is a bit like plunging headlong into a foreign language, one with a fast-changing vocabulary. For example:…
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Alexander Hamilton was supposed to get the axe, but now it appears Andrew Jackson will be cut from the 20-dollar bill, in favor of a woman. Which woman?…
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You can start a pretty heated discussion just by using the term "pesticides" in a small gathering. People do not like the side effects of pesticides, but…
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The herbicide glyphosate is better known by its commercial name, Roundup. By any name, it has many critics, including the organization Moms Across…
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You can almost imagine the dawn of pesticides: "hey look, when I put this on, the bugs die." It was a great thing... until people noticed the unintended…
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Drive along the Southern Oregon and Northern California coast, and you'll see a sign proclaiming "Easter Lily Capital of the World." The flowers do grow…
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Is it safe to say we all believe in biodiversity on the Earth? How about inside our homes? Entomologists from North Carolina and the California Academy of…