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Farmhouse arrest – an illustration from Busy Bee and the Silent Spring

In Busy Bee and the Silent Spring all the creatures of Old Oak Meadow are feeling unwell. Something must be making them sick. They discover that the problem is coming from a farm next door to the meadow.

In this final illustration the bad farmer from the farm adjoining Old Oak Meadow has been arrested. This story is written for the 8-12 year old reader but a number of adults have also enjoyed reading it.

Some teachers thought that there is enough in the story to form the basis for a whole curriculum of outdoor and nature learning and all wrapped up in a story, children will love. The thing they liked best is the multitude of topics covered, all which are such important starting points for vital conversations with young people. The book has also been well received with the Scottish Beekeepers Association putting a copy of it along with the first book, Busy Bee and the Endangered Meadow, in their Edinburgh library.

The story is available as an ebook or in printed form globally on different Amazon websites and here are a couple of links https://www.amazon.co.uk/Busy-Silent-Spring-Paul-No%C3%ABl/dp/B088JFN1ZV/ and https://www.amazon.com/Busy-Silent-Spring-Paul-No%C3%ABl/dp/B088JFN1ZV/.

There are also T-shirts and long sleeve T-shirts available for children of the wonderful cover artwork by Alice Wright with or without the book title, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/collection/kids/.

Our links

See more of Alice Wrights’ wonderful art, https://www.hireanillustrator.com/i/portfolio/alice-wright/ or Instagram @alicewrightillustration or Facebook @alicewrightillustrates.

Our Teemill shop site for our organic cotton clothes and bags, https://scientistandphilosopher.com/.

My author page where you can discover more about my books, https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07D3ZTQ1L.

Our Etsy shop, https://junagarhmedia.etsy.com.

This is our website for all our photography and my books, https://www.junagarhmedia.co.uk/.

We are also on Flickr, https://www.flickr.com/photos/21104365@N06/.

Also on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/junagarh_media/.

On Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.co.uk/paulpaddington2017/

EU zero tolerance plan for chemical residues could stymie ag trade

Canadian agriculture is watching with concern as the European Union advances in lowering the maximum allowable residue levels…
#Europe #EU #Canada #cropinputs #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Exports #Farmproductivity #fungicide #globaltrade #herbicides #Imports #Insecticides #MRL #neonicotinoids #neonics #Pesticides #residues #SupplyChain #Trade
https://www.europesays.com/europe/48323/

… the chemicals have been banned in agriculture since 2018. (It's curious. At the time environmental NGOs were very vociferous about banning #neonicotinoids when used by farmers to protect crops, to produce food. But when it's about their clientele using them on their dogs, they are very quiet.)

… the chemicals have been banned in agriculture since 2018. (It's curious. At the time environmental NGOs were very vociferous about banning #neonicotinoids when used by farmers to protect crops, to produce food. But when it's about their clientele using them on their dogs, they are very quiet.)

Environmental #pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume 98, March 2023, 104076
Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona, Mar Requena, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Raquel Alarcón

Highlights

• The risk of irritable bowel syndrome is higher in areas of high pesticide exposure.
• Agronomic criteria were used to categorize pesticide exposure in the study population.
• A total of 18,807 cases of irritable bowel syndrome were studied.
• Environmental pesticide exposure is linked to irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract
The agricultural model in southern #Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as #CeliacDisease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal #microbiota, which has been xtied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south #Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in #Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.

Excerpts: "[In the locations of the study], the most commonly used insecticides are #organophosphates (primarily chlorpyrifos), N-methylcarbamates, macrocyclic lactones, #neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids. #Fungicides frequently used in plastic greenhouses include (di) thiocarbamates, conazoles, dicarboximide), anilino-pyrimidines, and copper salts. Bipyridyl (paraquat, diquat), organophosphonates (#glyphosate), chlorotriazine, and phenylurea are the herbicides most popularly used in the study areas (García-García et al., 2016)."

[...]

Studies on Rats

"A wide range of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides, can cause gut dysbiosis (Jin et al., 2015, Lin et al., 2020, Reygner et al., 2016). As suggested in our findings, there is also an increased risk of IBS precisely in pesticide-heavy areas and particularly in women. Previous research have found sexually dimorphic metabolic effect after pesticides exposures (Lukowicz et al., 2018). In this regard, #Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (#GBH) widely used in Andalusian crops, can increase the #Bacteroidetes group while decreasing the #Lactobacillaceae family in fecal samples of female rats (Lozano et al., 2018). Similarly, chronic glyphosate exposure reduces Corynebacterium, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Lactobacillus in mice following GBH administration (Aitbali et al., 2018). Exposure to fungicides such as imazalil can also alter the composition of the GM after acute and chronic administration. Specifically, in mice, imazalil increases the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria while decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes (Jin et al., 2016). Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon and aldicarb also disrupt the GM of rats and mice (Aitbali et al., 2018, Gao et al., 2019, Gao et al., 2017, Joly et al., 2013). This modification has been associated with increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in the case of chlorpyrifos (Condette et al., 2014). Diazinon inhibits several SCFA-producing genera in the Lachnospiraceae family, which operate as an energy substrate for colonic epithelial cells, altering energy harvesting in the intestinal epithelium (Gao et al., 2017)."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668923000170

#IBS #Bayer #ToxicPesticides
#Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg
#BigChem #Poison #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol #Roundup #Glyphosate #Herbicides

Environmental #pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume 98, March 2023, 104076
Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona, Mar Requena, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Raquel Alarcón

Highlights

• The risk of irritable bowel syndrome is higher in areas of high pesticide exposure.
• Agronomic criteria were used to categorize pesticide exposure in the study population.
• A total of 18,807 cases of irritable bowel syndrome were studied.
• Environmental pesticide exposure is linked to irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract
The agricultural model in southern #Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as #CeliacDisease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal #microbiota, which has been xtied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south #Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in #Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.

Excerpts: "[In the locations of the study], the most commonly used insecticides are #organophosphates (primarily chlorpyrifos), N-methylcarbamates, macrocyclic lactones, #neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids. #Fungicides frequently used in plastic greenhouses include (di) thiocarbamates, conazoles, dicarboximide), anilino-pyrimidines, and copper salts. Bipyridyl (paraquat, diquat), organophosphonates (#glyphosate), chlorotriazine, and phenylurea are the herbicides most popularly used in the study areas (García-García et al., 2016)."

[...]

Studies on Rats

"A wide range of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides, can cause gut dysbiosis (Jin et al., 2015, Lin et al., 2020, Reygner et al., 2016). As suggested in our findings, there is also an increased risk of IBS precisely in pesticide-heavy areas and particularly in women. Previous research have found sexually dimorphic metabolic effect after pesticides exposures (Lukowicz et al., 2018). In this regard, #Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (#GBH) widely used in Andalusian crops, can increase the #Bacteroidetes group while decreasing the #Lactobacillaceae family in fecal samples of female rats (Lozano et al., 2018). Similarly, chronic glyphosate exposure reduces Corynebacterium, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Lactobacillus in mice following GBH administration (Aitbali et al., 2018). Exposure to fungicides such as imazalil can also alter the composition of the GM after acute and chronic administration. Specifically, in mice, imazalil increases the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria while decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes (Jin et al., 2016). Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon and aldicarb also disrupt the GM of rats and mice (Aitbali et al., 2018, Gao et al., 2019, Gao et al., 2017, Joly et al., 2013). This modification has been associated with increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in the case of chlorpyrifos (Condette et al., 2014). Diazinon inhibits several SCFA-producing genera in the Lachnospiraceae family, which operate as an energy substrate for colonic epithelial cells, altering energy harvesting in the intestinal epithelium (Gao et al., 2017)."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668923000170

#IBS #Bayer #ToxicPesticides
#Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg
#BigChem #Poison #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol #Roundup #Glyphosate #Herbicides

Environmental #pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume 98, March 2023, 104076
Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona, Mar Requena, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Raquel Alarcón

Highlights

• The risk of irritable bowel syndrome is higher in areas of high pesticide exposure.
• Agronomic criteria were used to categorize pesticide exposure in the study population.
• A total of 18,807 cases of irritable bowel syndrome were studied.
• Environmental pesticide exposure is linked to irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract
The agricultural model in southern #Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as #CeliacDisease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal #microbiota, which has been xtied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south #Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in #Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.

Excerpts: "[In the locations of the study], the most commonly used insecticides are #organophosphates (primarily chlorpyrifos), N-methylcarbamates, macrocyclic lactones, #neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids. #Fungicides frequently used in plastic greenhouses include (di) thiocarbamates, conazoles, dicarboximide), anilino-pyrimidines, and copper salts. Bipyridyl (paraquat, diquat), organophosphonates (#glyphosate), chlorotriazine, and phenylurea are the herbicides most popularly used in the study areas (García-García et al., 2016)."

[...]

Studies on Rats

"A wide range of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides, can cause gut dysbiosis (Jin et al., 2015, Lin et al., 2020, Reygner et al., 2016). As suggested in our findings, there is also an increased risk of IBS precisely in pesticide-heavy areas and particularly in women. Previous research have found sexually dimorphic metabolic effect after pesticides exposures (Lukowicz et al., 2018). In this regard, #Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (#GBH) widely used in Andalusian crops, can increase the #Bacteroidetes group while decreasing the #Lactobacillaceae family in fecal samples of female rats (Lozano et al., 2018). Similarly, chronic glyphosate exposure reduces Corynebacterium, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Lactobacillus in mice following GBH administration (Aitbali et al., 2018). Exposure to fungicides such as imazalil can also alter the composition of the GM after acute and chronic administration. Specifically, in mice, imazalil increases the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria while decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes (Jin et al., 2016). Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon and aldicarb also disrupt the GM of rats and mice (Aitbali et al., 2018, Gao et al., 2019, Gao et al., 2017, Joly et al., 2013). This modification has been associated with increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in the case of chlorpyrifos (Condette et al., 2014). Diazinon inhibits several SCFA-producing genera in the Lachnospiraceae family, which operate as an energy substrate for colonic epithelial cells, altering energy harvesting in the intestinal epithelium (Gao et al., 2017)."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668923000170

#IBS #Bayer #ToxicPesticides
#Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg
#BigChem #Poison #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol #Roundup #Glyphosate #Herbicides

Environmental #pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume 98, March 2023, 104076
Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona, Mar Requena, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Raquel Alarcón

Highlights

• The risk of irritable bowel syndrome is higher in areas of high pesticide exposure.
• Agronomic criteria were used to categorize pesticide exposure in the study population.
• A total of 18,807 cases of irritable bowel syndrome were studied.
• Environmental pesticide exposure is linked to irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract
The agricultural model in southern #Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as #CeliacDisease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal #microbiota, which has been xtied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south #Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in #Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.

Excerpts: "[In the locations of the study], the most commonly used insecticides are #organophosphates (primarily chlorpyrifos), N-methylcarbamates, macrocyclic lactones, #neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids. #Fungicides frequently used in plastic greenhouses include (di) thiocarbamates, conazoles, dicarboximide), anilino-pyrimidines, and copper salts. Bipyridyl (paraquat, diquat), organophosphonates (#glyphosate), chlorotriazine, and phenylurea are the herbicides most popularly used in the study areas (García-García et al., 2016)."

[...]

Studies on Rats

"A wide range of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides, can cause gut dysbiosis (Jin et al., 2015, Lin et al., 2020, Reygner et al., 2016). As suggested in our findings, there is also an increased risk of IBS precisely in pesticide-heavy areas and particularly in women. Previous research have found sexually dimorphic metabolic effect after pesticides exposures (Lukowicz et al., 2018). In this regard, #Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (#GBH) widely used in Andalusian crops, can increase the #Bacteroidetes group while decreasing the #Lactobacillaceae family in fecal samples of female rats (Lozano et al., 2018). Similarly, chronic glyphosate exposure reduces Corynebacterium, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Lactobacillus in mice following GBH administration (Aitbali et al., 2018). Exposure to fungicides such as imazalil can also alter the composition of the GM after acute and chronic administration. Specifically, in mice, imazalil increases the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria while decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes (Jin et al., 2016). Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon and aldicarb also disrupt the GM of rats and mice (Aitbali et al., 2018, Gao et al., 2019, Gao et al., 2017, Joly et al., 2013). This modification has been associated with increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in the case of chlorpyrifos (Condette et al., 2014). Diazinon inhibits several SCFA-producing genera in the Lachnospiraceae family, which operate as an energy substrate for colonic epithelial cells, altering energy harvesting in the intestinal epithelium (Gao et al., 2017)."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668923000170

#IBS #Bayer #ToxicPesticides
#Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg
#BigChem #Poison #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol #Roundup #Glyphosate #Herbicides

Environmental #pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
Volume 98, March 2023, 104076
Lola Rueda-Ruzafa, Pablo Roman, Diana Cardona, Mar Requena, Carmen Ropero-Padilla, Raquel Alarcón

Highlights

• The risk of irritable bowel syndrome is higher in areas of high pesticide exposure.
• Agronomic criteria were used to categorize pesticide exposure in the study population.
• A total of 18,807 cases of irritable bowel syndrome were studied.
• Environmental pesticide exposure is linked to irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract
The agricultural model in southern #Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as #CeliacDisease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal #microbiota, which has been xtied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south #Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in #Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.

Excerpts: "[In the locations of the study], the most commonly used insecticides are #organophosphates (primarily chlorpyrifos), N-methylcarbamates, macrocyclic lactones, #neonicotinoids, and pyrethroids. #Fungicides frequently used in plastic greenhouses include (di) thiocarbamates, conazoles, dicarboximide), anilino-pyrimidines, and copper salts. Bipyridyl (paraquat, diquat), organophosphonates (#glyphosate), chlorotriazine, and phenylurea are the herbicides most popularly used in the study areas (García-García et al., 2016)."

[...]

Studies on Rats

"A wide range of environmental pollutants, including heavy metals, insecticides, herbicides, and pesticides, can cause gut dysbiosis (Jin et al., 2015, Lin et al., 2020, Reygner et al., 2016). As suggested in our findings, there is also an increased risk of IBS precisely in pesticide-heavy areas and particularly in women. Previous research have found sexually dimorphic metabolic effect after pesticides exposures (Lukowicz et al., 2018). In this regard, #Roundup®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (#GBH) widely used in Andalusian crops, can increase the #Bacteroidetes group while decreasing the #Lactobacillaceae family in fecal samples of female rats (Lozano et al., 2018). Similarly, chronic glyphosate exposure reduces Corynebacterium, Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Lactobacillus in mice following GBH administration (Aitbali et al., 2018). Exposure to fungicides such as imazalil can also alter the composition of the GM after acute and chronic administration. Specifically, in mice, imazalil increases the relative abundance of Firmicutes, Proteobacteria and Actinobacteria while decreasing the abundance of Bacteroidetes (Jin et al., 2016). Insecticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon and aldicarb also disrupt the GM of rats and mice (Aitbali et al., 2018, Gao et al., 2019, Gao et al., 2017, Joly et al., 2013). This modification has been associated with increased intestinal permeability and bacterial translocation in the case of chlorpyrifos (Condette et al., 2014). Diazinon inhibits several SCFA-producing genera in the Lachnospiraceae family, which operate as an energy substrate for colonic epithelial cells, altering energy harvesting in the intestinal epithelium (Gao et al., 2017)."

Read more:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1382668923000170

#IBS #Bayer #ToxicPesticides
#Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg
#BigChem #Poison #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol #Roundup #Glyphosate #Herbicides

I see both thiacloprid and acetamiprid are available to household users in NZ. Does anyone know the brand names these neonics are sold under?

@benchaotica

#Neonicotinoids

I see both thiacloprid and acetamiprid are available to household users in NZ. Does anyone know the brand names these neonics are sold under?

@benchaotica

#Neonicotinoids

I see both thiacloprid and acetamiprid are available to household users in NZ. Does anyone know the brand names these neonics are sold under?

@benchaotica

#Neonicotinoids

I see both thiacloprid and acetamiprid are available to household users in NZ. Does anyone know the brand names these neonics are sold under?

@benchaotica

#Neonicotinoids

I see both thiacloprid and acetamiprid are available to household users in NZ. Does anyone know the brand names these neonics are sold under?

@benchaotica

#Neonicotinoids

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

Pesticide spray drift from intensive horticulture on the the mid-north coast NSW -
Discontent in the region.

Home owners, dairy and beef producers among those concerned about how pesticide use affects their land as well as water quality on the mid-north coast

“Between 2001 and 2016 blueberry farming expanded 400% – mainly around the Coffs Harbour region.”

“This monitoring showed the continued detection of pesticides in most waterways sampled, highlighting the need for ongoing monitoring in the region.”

“Monitoring in the Nambucca valley by the EPA has detected three different pesticides in low levels in three creeks, suggesting water quality in the area is not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides.”
>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/09/blueberry-farms-nsw-north-coast-rapid-expansion-development-pesticides
#Pesticides #food #beef #diary #prawns #blueberries #plantations #monoculture #rivers #water #export #runoff #pollution #neonicotinoids #imidacloprid #dimethoate #SprayDrift #CoffsHarbour #Macksville #Nambucca #Woolgoolga #conflict #violence #EPA #regulation #horticulture #industry #tourism #PeoplesHomes #TankWater #governance #MidNorthCoast #NSW #biodiversity #wildlife #extractivism

#agriculture #agriculteurs #assembleenationale #deputes #vote #Duplomb #loiduplomb #insecticide #acetamipride #abeilles #neonicotinoids #DessinDePresse #dessin

#agriculture #agriculteurs #assembleenationale #deputes #vote #Duplomb #loiduplomb #insecticide #acetamipride #abeilles #neonicotinoids #DessinDePresse #dessin

Les néonics, c’est toxique pour la santé humaine, c’est pour ça qu’on les a interdits. Mais c’est toxique pour tous les autres êtres vivants, et pour les insectes en premier, pardi. TOUS les insectes, pas seulement les gentils pollinisateurs. L’effondrement de l’entomofaune, c’est le pire des flips sur la biodiversité.

Et voilà qu’une proposition de loi (= initiative d’un parlementaire) voudrait réautoriser des néonics. Qu’en pense le gouvernement ? on sait pas.

Alors, une lettre ouverte contre ce qui serait un terrible régression à été signée par 1200 médecins et scientifiques. Et elle contient des propositions pour du mieux, au contraire.

Stéphane Foucart @sfoucart y consacre un article du Monde. Extrait.

Réintroduire des produits « tueurs d’abeilles » interdits, placer le « gendarme » des pesticides sous la houlette des filières agricoles, maintenir l’évaluation des molécules sous la coupe de leurs fabricants, écarter la littérature scientifique de l’analyse des risques… Dans une lettre ouverte rendue publique lundi 5 mai, plus de 1 200 médecins et scientifiques alertent les ministres de l’agriculture, de la santé et de l’environnement sur les failles du système d’homologation de ces produits, qui font de la population des « cobayes », écrivent les signataires.

Parmi eux, plusieurs centaines de médecins, mais aussi de nombreux membres des communautés scientifiques impliquées (toxicologie, écotoxicologie, agronomie, etc.) issus des universités et des organismes de recherche publics (CNRS, Inrae, IRD, Cirad).

Les signataires demandent le renforcement de l’expertise réglementaire et s’opposent aux dispositions de la proposition de loi du sénateur de la Haute-Loire Laurent Duplomb (LR), qui doit être examinée par les députés avant la fin du mois de mai. « Cette proposition de loi contient de nombreuses mesures qui vont renforcer la dépendance des agriculteurs aux pesticides chimiques de synthèse, sans pour autant répondre à leur demande de rémunération juste, dénoncent les signataires. Or, cette dépendance pose déjà d’énormes problèmes de santé humaine et de dégradation de l’environnement. »

Mais il y a d‘autres dispositions carrément WTF dans la PP Duplomp (dans l‘aile, on l’espère). Autre extrait :

Ceux-ci s’en prennent aussi à la proposition de loi Duplomb, qui prévoit notamment la création d’un « conseil d’orientation pour la protection des cultures », composé de représentants des filières agricoles et de l’industrie des pesticides, qui superviserait l’agenda de travail de l’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses). Cela reviendrait, selon les 1 200 chercheurs et médecins signataires, « à une remise en cause de la place de l’expertise à travers un affaiblissement du rôle de l’Anses ». Auditionné à l’Assemblée nationale le 25 mars, le directeur général de l’Anses, Benoît Vallet, avait déclaré qu’une telle mise sous tutelle de l’agence reviendrait à une forme de rupture de contrat. « Pour moi, il n’y aurait plus la possibilité de rester directeur général de l’agence », avait-il précisé.

« La loi Duplomb sacrifie la santé et en premier lieu celle des agriculteurs au profit de l’industrie agrochimique, et constitue une grave remise en cause de l’indépendance de la science, comme on le voit aux Etats-Unis », estime Marc Billaud, chercheur au CNRS, signataire du courrier aux ministres et coauteur – avec le professeur d’hématologie aux Hospices civils de Lyon et à l’université Lyon-I Pierre Sujobert – d’un article dénonçant les manœuvres d’occultation des liens entre pesticides et cancers du sang, dans la prochaine édition de la Revue de biologie médicale.

#neonics #neonicotinoides #neonicotinoids

Les néonics, c’est toxique pour la santé humaine, c’est pour ça qu’on les a interdits. Mais c’est toxique pour tous les autres êtres vivants, et pour les insectes en premier, pardi. TOUS les insectes, pas seulement les gentils pollinisateurs. L’effondrement de l’entomofaune, c’est le pire des flips sur la biodiversité.

Et voilà qu’une proposition de loi (= initiative d’un parlementaire) voudrait réautoriser des néonics. Qu’en pense le gouvernement ? on sait pas.

Alors, une lettre ouverte contre ce qui serait un terrible régression à été signée par 1200 médecins et scientifiques. Et elle contient des propositions pour du mieux, au contraire.

Stéphane Foucart @sfoucart y consacre un article du Monde. Extrait.

Réintroduire des produits « tueurs d’abeilles » interdits, placer le « gendarme » des pesticides sous la houlette des filières agricoles, maintenir l’évaluation des molécules sous la coupe de leurs fabricants, écarter la littérature scientifique de l’analyse des risques… Dans une lettre ouverte rendue publique lundi 5 mai, plus de 1 200 médecins et scientifiques alertent les ministres de l’agriculture, de la santé et de l’environnement sur les failles du système d’homologation de ces produits, qui font de la population des « cobayes », écrivent les signataires.

Parmi eux, plusieurs centaines de médecins, mais aussi de nombreux membres des communautés scientifiques impliquées (toxicologie, écotoxicologie, agronomie, etc.) issus des universités et des organismes de recherche publics (CNRS, Inrae, IRD, Cirad).

Les signataires demandent le renforcement de l’expertise réglementaire et s’opposent aux dispositions de la proposition de loi du sénateur de la Haute-Loire Laurent Duplomb (LR), qui doit être examinée par les députés avant la fin du mois de mai. « Cette proposition de loi contient de nombreuses mesures qui vont renforcer la dépendance des agriculteurs aux pesticides chimiques de synthèse, sans pour autant répondre à leur demande de rémunération juste, dénoncent les signataires. Or, cette dépendance pose déjà d’énormes problèmes de santé humaine et de dégradation de l’environnement. »

Mais il y a d‘autres dispositions carrément WTF dans la PP Duplomp (dans l‘aile, on l’espère). Autre extrait :

Ceux-ci s’en prennent aussi à la proposition de loi Duplomb, qui prévoit notamment la création d’un « conseil d’orientation pour la protection des cultures », composé de représentants des filières agricoles et de l’industrie des pesticides, qui superviserait l’agenda de travail de l’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses). Cela reviendrait, selon les 1 200 chercheurs et médecins signataires, « à une remise en cause de la place de l’expertise à travers un affaiblissement du rôle de l’Anses ». Auditionné à l’Assemblée nationale le 25 mars, le directeur général de l’Anses, Benoît Vallet, avait déclaré qu’une telle mise sous tutelle de l’agence reviendrait à une forme de rupture de contrat. « Pour moi, il n’y aurait plus la possibilité de rester directeur général de l’agence », avait-il précisé.

« La loi Duplomb sacrifie la santé et en premier lieu celle des agriculteurs au profit de l’industrie agrochimique, et constitue une grave remise en cause de l’indépendance de la science, comme on le voit aux Etats-Unis », estime Marc Billaud, chercheur au CNRS, signataire du courrier aux ministres et coauteur – avec le professeur d’hématologie aux Hospices civils de Lyon et à l’université Lyon-I Pierre Sujobert – d’un article dénonçant les manœuvres d’occultation des liens entre pesticides et cancers du sang, dans la prochaine édition de la Revue de biologie médicale.

#neonics #neonicotinoides #neonicotinoids

It makes a nice change to have a government that at least occasionally listens to scientific advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

#UKpol #ScientificAdvice #Neonicotinoids #PesticidesUK #ProtectBees

It makes a nice change to have a government that at least occasionally listens to scientific advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

#UKpol #ScientificAdvice #Neonicotinoids #PesticidesUK #ProtectBees

It makes a nice change to have a government that at least occasionally listens to scientific advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

#UKpol #ScientificAdvice #Neonicotinoids #PesticidesUK #ProtectBees

It makes a nice change to have a government that at least occasionally listens to scientific advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

#UKpol #ScientificAdvice #Neonicotinoids #PesticidesUK #ProtectBees

It makes a nice change to have a government that at least occasionally listens to scientific advice.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/government-decision-not-to-authorise-pesticide-is-sweet-as-honey-for-pollinators

#UKpol #ScientificAdvice #Neonicotinoids #PesticidesUK #ProtectBees

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our-bees-25 #bees #ecocode #neonicotinoids #pesticides

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our-bees-25 #bees #ecocode #neonicotinoids #pesticides

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our-bees-25 #bees #ecocode #neonicotinoids #pesticides

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our-bees-25 #bees #ecocode #neonicotinoids #pesticides

@wviechtb 👍

#Neonicotinoids of course "...developed by scientists at #Shell and #Bayer in the 1980s." 🤢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

@wviechtb 👍

#Neonicotinoids of course "...developed by scientists at #Shell and #Bayer in the 1980s." 🤢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

@wviechtb 👍

#Neonicotinoids of course "...developed by scientists at #Shell and #Bayer in the 1980s." 🤢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

@wviechtb 👍

#Neonicotinoids of course "...developed by scientists at #Shell and #Bayer in the 1980s." 🤢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

@wviechtb 👍

#Neonicotinoids of course "...developed by scientists at #Shell and #Bayer in the 1980s." 🤢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid

[09:10] Pesticide still used in NL is killing birds as well as bees

Neonicotinoids, a type of pesticide used in agriculture and horticulture to combat insects, are not only killing bees and bumble...

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/10/pesticide-still-used-in-nl-is-killing-birds-as-well-as-bees/

#Neonicotinoids

[09:10] Pesticide still used in NL is killing birds as well as bees

Neonicotinoids, a type of pesticide used in agriculture and horticulture to combat insects, are not only killing bees and bumble...

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/10/pesticide-still-used-in-nl-is-killing-birds-as-well-as-bees/

#Neonicotinoids

Our meta-analysis on the impact of neonicotinoids on birds is out at Ecology Letters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14534

A massive effort by my co-authors putting together such a comprehensive dataset (1612 effect sizes from 49 studies). The results unfortunately show consistent negative effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bird health, behaviour, reproduction, and survival and might be a contributing factor to the extensive bird declines globally.

#MetaAnalysis #Birds #Neonicotinoids

Our meta-analysis on the impact of neonicotinoids on birds is out at Ecology Letters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14534

A massive effort by my co-authors putting together such a comprehensive dataset (1612 effect sizes from 49 studies). The results unfortunately show consistent negative effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bird health, behaviour, reproduction, and survival and might be a contributing factor to the extensive bird declines globally.

#MetaAnalysis #Birds #Neonicotinoids

Our meta-analysis on the impact of neonicotinoids on birds is out at Ecology Letters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14534

A massive effort by my co-authors putting together such a comprehensive dataset (1612 effect sizes from 49 studies). The results unfortunately show consistent negative effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bird health, behaviour, reproduction, and survival and might be a contributing factor to the extensive bird declines globally.

#MetaAnalysis #Birds #Neonicotinoids

Our meta-analysis on the impact of neonicotinoids on birds is out at Ecology Letters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14534

A massive effort by my co-authors putting together such a comprehensive dataset (1612 effect sizes from 49 studies). The results unfortunately show consistent negative effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bird health, behaviour, reproduction, and survival and might be a contributing factor to the extensive bird declines globally.

#MetaAnalysis #Birds #Neonicotinoids

Our meta-analysis on the impact of neonicotinoids on birds is out at Ecology Letters: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14534

A massive effort by my co-authors putting together such a comprehensive dataset (1612 effect sizes from 49 studies). The results unfortunately show consistent negative effects of neonicotinoid exposure on bird health, behaviour, reproduction, and survival and might be a contributing factor to the extensive bird declines globally.

#MetaAnalysis #Birds #Neonicotinoids

Revealed: Far higher #pesticide residues allowed on food since #Brexit | #Pesticides | The Guardian

Brexit: the grift that keeps on poisoning

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

#UK #Agriculture #Farming #Neonicotinoids #Wildlife #Environment #Politics

Revealed: Far higher #pesticide residues allowed on food since #Brexit | #Pesticides | The Guardian

Brexit: the grift that keeps on poisoning

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

#UK #Agriculture #Farming #Neonicotinoids #Wildlife #Environment #Politics

Revealed: Far higher #pesticide residues allowed on food since #Brexit | #Pesticides | The Guardian

Brexit: the grift that keeps on poisoning

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

#UK #Agriculture #Farming #Neonicotinoids #Wildlife #Environment #Politics

Revealed: Far higher #pesticide residues allowed on food since #Brexit | #Pesticides | The Guardian

Brexit: the grift that keeps on poisoning

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

#UK #Agriculture #Farming #Neonicotinoids #Wildlife #Environment #Politics

Revealed: Far higher #pesticide residues allowed on food since #Brexit | #Pesticides | The Guardian

Brexit: the grift that keeps on poisoning

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/19/revealed-far-higher-pesticide-residues-allowed-on-food-since-brexit

#UK #Agriculture #Farming #Neonicotinoids #Wildlife #Environment #Politics

Smelly business! Aditi Rawal from #WSL Zurich tells us that #sepsid #dungflies are affected by #neonicotinoids , #gfoe2024 #gfoe #insects #biodiversity

Smelly business! Aditi Rawal from #WSL Zurich tells us that #sepsid #dungflies are affected by #neonicotinoids , #gfoe2024 #gfoe #insects #biodiversity

Smelly business! Aditi Rawal from #WSL Zurich tells us that #sepsid #dungflies are affected by #neonicotinoids , #gfoe2024 #gfoe #insects #biodiversity

Smelly business! Aditi Rawal from #WSL Zurich tells us that #sepsid #dungflies are affected by #neonicotinoids , #gfoe2024 #gfoe #insects #biodiversity

Smelly business! Aditi Rawal from #WSL Zurich tells us that #sepsid #dungflies are affected by #neonicotinoids , #gfoe2024 #gfoe #insects #biodiversity

Watchdog investigates #Defra over authorisation of #bee-killing #pesticide | Pesticides | The Guardian

A parting shot of neglect, harm and irresponsibility by an amoral anti-science, anti-environment government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories

#UK #Politics #Environment #Neonicotinoids #Tories

Watchdog investigates #Defra over authorisation of #bee-killing #pesticide | Pesticides | The Guardian

A parting shot of neglect, harm and irresponsibility by an amoral anti-science, anti-environment government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories

#UK #Politics #Environment #Neonicotinoids #Tories

Watchdog investigates #Defra over authorisation of #bee-killing #pesticide | Pesticides | The Guardian

A parting shot of neglect, harm and irresponsibility by an amoral anti-science, anti-environment government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories

#UK #Politics #Environment #Neonicotinoids #Tories

Watchdog investigates #Defra over authorisation of #bee-killing #pesticide | Pesticides | The Guardian

A parting shot of neglect, harm and irresponsibility by an amoral anti-science, anti-environment government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories

#UK #Politics #Environment #Neonicotinoids #Tories

Watchdog investigates #Defra over authorisation of #bee-killing #pesticide | Pesticides | The Guardian

A parting shot of neglect, harm and irresponsibility by an amoral anti-science, anti-environment government.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories

#UK #Politics #Environment #Neonicotinoids #Tories

The #DepartmentForEnvironmentFooAndRuralAffairs is being investigated by the #EnvironmentalWatchdog after #Conservative ministers authorised a #BeeKilling #pesticide that was banned by the #EU.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/watchdog-launches-investigation-into-defra-over-approval-of-bee-killing-pesticide-under-tories
#Neonicotinoids