Tag: agriculture

Inside the Legal Battle to Ban a Deadly Neurotoxin – with Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky

07.03.18.

For several years, environmental advocacy groups have been fighting to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos from agricultural use. A turnover in leadership at the EPA has led to a moment of indecision on what to do about the chemical. Robert Sapolsky is a neuroscientist who’s spent a long time assisting in the legal battle against chlorpyrifos.…
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The Chemical Ban That Got a Reprieve from Trump’s EPA – with Miriam Rotkin-Ellman of the Natural Resources Defense Council

06.25.18.

After years of exhaustive research linking the pesticide chlorpyrifos to a host of developmental and cognitive deficiencies in children, the EPA was poised to ban the chemical in November 2016. But something else happened that same month: the election of Donald Trump. As a result, this potent neurotoxin is still in use. Miriam Rotkin-Ellman is…
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Network The Earth

11.05.17.

Farming used to be about luck. And until the invention of nitrogen-based fertilizers, which allowed the average farmer to get nearly twice as much food out of the ground, bad luck could spell disaster, maybe even death. Those dark days seem to be behind us. But the explosive reproductive power of humans means our population…
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How using antibiotics in agriculture fuels resistance beyond the farm

08.11.17.

Dr. Lance Price explains the problem and potential solutions.
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Raising livestock while practicing antibiotic stewardship

08.10.17.

A holistic, integrated model of hope.
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How industrial farming techniques can breed superbugs

08.10.17.

PBS NewsHour segment, aired 8/9/17.
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