Pesticide-intensive Agriculture Is Killing All Of Us…
Pesticide-intensive agriculture has become a norm in the world. United States alone consumed more than a billion pounds (1,000,000,000 lb) of conventional pesticides each year....
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A Skin Gel That Can Protect From Pesticides Toxins
Indian farmers usually do not wear any protective gear while spraying chemicals in fields. This exposes them to harmful toxics contained in pesticides, causing severe...
Smart Spraying Can Help Cut Pesticide Use In Orchards
A team of researchers has developed an ultrasonic sensor-based automatic spraying system that promises to cut down on the use of pesticides in orchards. The...
Kashmir’s Dal Lake Harbours Bacteria That Can Degrade Pesticides
The Dal Lake and other wetlands of Kashmir are famous for their natural beauty and play a key environmental role. Now scientists have found that...
Is Organic Food Really Better?
You might end up choosing the organic tomatoes over the conventional ones in a supermarket. They’re twice the price, so they’ve got to be better,...
Geo-engineering Soil- a new Green Hope
Geo-engineering is a hot topic today. (No pun intended.) People are coming up with all sorts of geo-engineering ideas for ways to cool our planet...