RITE: 8 demands for change that will make pesticides safer on our earth.
Across the world scientists, organisations and individuals are campaigning to change and improve the flawed systems the EPA, WHO and European Commission use for conducting and assessing toxicity studies
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Do we test the full formulation or just the active chemical when we study pesticides?
Throughout the world, pesticide risk assessment for toxicity is assessed using only the active chemical. Never the full solution, better known as formulation, that is sprayed on our
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Go To ArchiveOpen letter to Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the NZ Prime Minister, Mr John Key.
This letter was sent to Sir Peter Gluckman from Frank Rowson, retired vet, based in Matamata, New Zealand. June 2014 – it expresses the frustration that many feel about
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Roundup on wheat, barley and oats. How did the residues get so high?
In 2006 the World Health Organisation established, via Codex, a maximum residue level of 30 mg/kg for cereals – primarily wheat, oats and barley. The previous level for wheat was
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30 Crazy Facts of Pesticides Roundup & 2,4-D
You might find it hard to believe this….. Maximum residue levels of Roundup / glyphosate are permitted to be higher on our staple cereals (like flour and oats) than on
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Regulatory history of glyphosate carcinogenicity reviews in USA
The history of Roundup, glyphosate & carcinogenicity reveals a steady decrease, or loosening up, of the carcinogenicity rating. Carcinogenicity assessments include only pesticide company directly-funded studies. I believe that
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