Tag: pesticides

Environmentalists Benefit From Media Chemophobia Propaganda

Environmentalist anti-pesticide and anti-vaccine campaigns are the beneficiaries of media misinformation which is the conclusion of a commentary posted at the American Center for Science and Health’s website. One green organization that joins in to both campaigns is the Environmental Work Group who is notorious for issuing false reports and statments on GMO’s. vaccines, and… Read More Environmentalists Benefit From Media Chemophobia Propaganda

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Not So Green: Why Cannabis Has A Hefty Carbon Footprint

It doesn’t take a scientific study, like the one just released, to reveal marijuana cultivation’s huge carbon footprint. France 24 broadcast a report on their Down To Earth program 3 years ago that revealed the vast amount of resources needed to farm cannabis, including the resulting environmental devastation. However, there was one interesting solution mentioned… Read More Not So Green: Why Cannabis Has A Hefty Carbon Footprint

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Scientists: Italy’s GMO Rules Minimize Competition

A column published at the Genetic Literacy Project by two Italian scientists outlines a serious problem their country faces regarding crop cultivation and farming. Presently, European Union and Italian rules restrict growing and cultivating genetically modified crops. But importers are enjoying a boom in business since the only alternate for Europe is to import produce… Read More Scientists: Italy’s GMO Rules Minimize Competition

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Study: Fungus in Organic Pesticides Could Cause “Severe Rot” in Corn

Pesticides help farmers defend their crops against insect infections and attacks. Since over 90 percent of the world’s comes from customary agriculture, pesticides are an invaluable tool that also helps contribute to feeding the human population. That is why environmentalists oppose conventional pesticides, like glysophate (i.e. Round Up), while promoting nonsensical solutions like organic farming.… Read More Study: Fungus in Organic Pesticides Could Cause “Severe Rot” in Corn

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“Roundup” Litigation Attorney Charged With Extortion

A Virginia attorney, Timothy Litzeburg, who worked for the Virginia-based Miller Firm who represented plaintiffs in the first lawsuit against Bayer AG. Bayer acquired Monsanto, Inc. that developed glysophate, the herbicide known in stores as Roundup was recently charged with extortion by federal prosecutors. Litzenburg was part of the team of attorneys who successfully convinced… Read More “Roundup” Litigation Attorney Charged With Extortion

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Frivolous Lawsuits Against Scientific Innovation Are Just Another Form Of Socialism

By Jeff Stier, The Federalist Unjustified and outsized verdicts harm society by discouraging investment in innovative products, yet they’re becoming startlingly common. Only 51 percent of Americans think socialism would be a bad thing for the country, according to a Gallup poll released in May. Although the 2020 election will be a big test for… Read More Frivolous Lawsuits Against Scientific Innovation Are Just Another Form Of Socialism

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Hit the Panic Button: Bee Alarmists Caught in Pesticide-Blaming Time Loop

By Paul Driessen | July 1, 2019 | CNS News Will activists finally admit their sins and break out of their pesticide-blaming time loop? Did you think Groundhog Day only comes in February? For anti-insecticide zealots and others in the environmentalist movement who’ve been preoccupied for years with bees and “colony collapse disorder,” it actually… Read More Hit the Panic Button: Bee Alarmists Caught in Pesticide-Blaming Time Loop

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