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pesticides feature articles



'Natural' breakfast cereals loaded with pesticides and GMOs - explosive new scorecard from Cornucopia reveals all
Published October 11 2011
Concepts: GMO, GMOs, natural, Cornucopia, corn

Scientific studies conclude GMO feed causes organ disruption in animals
Published October 5 2011
Concepts: GMO, studies, GMOs, corn, Roundup

Tens of millions of Florida bees mysteriously drop dead in one day, beekeepers blame pesticides
Published October 5 2011
Concepts: bees, Florida, pesticides, honey, die-off

Pesticide exposure in expectant mothers causes lower IQ in newborns
Published September 19 2011
Concepts: pesticide, exposure, IQ, pesticides, pesticide exposure

How To Take Down A Giant - Part 3 (Opinion)
Published September 3 2011
Concepts: Hawaii, health, Monsanto, Roundup, pesticides

Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional, GMO farmers whose pesticides 'trespass' and contaminate their fields
Published August 3 2011
Concepts: organic, farmers, Monsanto, GMO, pesticides


Monsanto-spawned superweeds growing three inches daily, destroying farm equipment
Published August 1 2011
Concepts: weed, superweeds, Roundup, herbicide, farmers

Guide to Pesticides in Produce - EWG releases new edition
Published July 29 2011
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, NIH, organic, health

Interview with "Pesticide Sheriff" about deadly pesticides
Published July 25 2011
Concepts: pesticide, products, pesticides, EPA, companies

Reduce your exposure to cancer-causing petrochemicals
Published July 5 2011
Concepts: chemicals, exposure, products, pesticide, cancer

Are you eating pesticides? Canola oil, soybean oil used as key ingredients in pesticide products
Published June 29 2011
Concepts: oil, canola, canola oil, soybean oil, pesticide

The true history of Dole, banana plantations, chemical pesticides and human suffering
Published June 23 2011
Concepts: Dole, banana, bananas, workers, Nemagon


A Link Between Bat Deaths and Pesticides?
Published May 31 2011
Concepts: bats, pesticides, deaths, research, disease

Research bees stolen from scientists trying to test effects of pesticides
Published May 26 2011
Concepts: bees, research, scientists, pesticides, theft

California farmer proves you can grow organic strawberries without using chemicals
Published May 17 2011
Concepts: organic, strawberries, California, pesticides, organic strawberries

Cell phone towers may be ultimate cause of honeybee population collapse
Published May 16 2011
Concepts: bees, population, honeybees, science, cell phone

Green gardening secrets: How to eliminate bugs and pests without using poison
Published May 4 2011
Concepts: pesticide, organic, pesticides, pests, ingredients

Japanese philosopher and farmer greened deserts without pesticides or fertilizer
Published April 28 2011
Concepts: farming, farmer, pesticides, philosopher, natural

GMO pesticides linked to birth defects, disruption of male hormones, cancer
Published April 27 2011
Concepts: birth defects, pesticides, birth, hormones, GMO


Three new studies reveal children are dumbed down by pesticide exposure in womb
Published April 22 2011
Concepts: pesticide, exposure, children, intelligence, child

Choose organics to avoid artificial dyes, pesticides linked to ADHD
Published April 14 2011
Concepts: food, pesticides, adhd, organic, organics

Bees 'entomb' pesticide-tainted pollen in effort to protect themselves from extinction
Published April 13 2011
Concepts: pollen, bees, pesticide, pesticides, EPA

Study: Pesticides, toxins can absorb directly into crops through soil
Published April 4 2011
Concepts: toxins, crops, pesticides, oil, soil

Exposure to pesticides leads to poor semen quality, infertility
Published March 30 2011
Concepts: pesticides, semen quality, pesticide, exposure, sperm

Five reasons why it pays to buy organic
Published March 22 2011
Concepts: organic, food, organic food, foods, reasons

Mass honeybee deaths now occurring worldwide, says UN
Published March 14 2011
Concepts: deaths, bees, decline, pesticides, NaturalNews

Pesticides wreak havoc on reproductive health in men
Published March 3 2011
Concepts: reproductive health, pesticides, chemicals, food, research

Local and organic food, farming: Here's the gold standard
Published February 28 2011
Concepts: food, organic, fertilizer, farmer, farmers

Aquifers poisoned with drugs, chemicals and pesticides threaten Mexico's Riviera Maya
Published February 24 2011
Concepts: water, chemicals, aquifers, pesticides, drugs

Monsanto, Dow to begin pushing dangerous 2,4-D herbicide as 'solution' to superweeds
Published February 18 2011
Concepts: herbicide, pesticides, superweeds, toxic, environment

The face of a poisoned man - the human cost of pesticides
Published February 16 2011
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, child, children, exposure

Pesticides inhibit proper childhood development
Published February 10 2011
Concepts: children, exposure, pesticides, childhood, kids

New chemical pesticides now being used on fish farms
Published February 9 2011
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, salmon, water, fish

Farmers forced to buy expensive chemical arsenals to control pesticide-resistant 'superweeds'
Published January 24 2011
Concepts: farmers, weeds, crops, pesticides, herbicide

Pesticides give rise to mutant bed bugs
Published January 22 2011
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, bedbugs, medicine, NaturalNews

The downfall of science and the rise of intellectual tyranny
Published January 21 2011
Concepts: science, WHO, GMO, GMOs, flu

California delivers on toxic strawberries
Published January 10 2011
Concepts: California, water, toxic, strawberries, food

Leaked document: EPA knowingly approved bee-killing pesticide
Published January 5 2011
Concepts: EPA, bees, pesticides, honey, the EPA

Pesticides used in California 'salad bowl' growing region destroying health of workers, children
Published January 2 2011
Concepts: pesticides, child, children, health, California

Foods you should buy from organic sources
Published December 17 2010
Concepts: organic, foods, pesticide, pesticides, chemicals

US life expectancy continues to plummet, but not because of inadequate health care
Published December 12 2010
Concepts: health, health care, food, life, health care system

Tobacco might be bad for health, but new research says it's good for crops
Published October 30 2010
Concepts: tobacco, pesticides, health, pesticide, research

Tax Dollars Help Agribusiness-Chemical Coalition Lie about Pesticides
Published October 23 2010
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, tax dollars, health, tax

Honeybee researcher who blames virus for CCD has financial ties to pesticide manufacturer
Published October 13 2010
Concepts: pesticide, Bayer, pesticides, bees, virus

Most of the world's rivers threatened by pesticides, pollution
Published October 2 2010
Concepts: pesticides, rivers, water, environment, environmental

Chemical pesticides linked to ADHD in children
Published October 1 2010
Concepts: adhd, pesticides, pesticide, children, exposure

Pesticides may be a leading cause of major diseases
Published August 24 2010
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, disease, alternatives, organic

Add a Little Olive Oil and Help Fight Breast Cancer Naturally
Published August 6 2010
Concepts: oil, olive oil, cancer, breast cancer, diet

Arctic Birds are Contaminated with Pesticides and Heavy Metals
Published June 26 2010
Concepts: birds, pesticides, fish, toxic, arctic birds

Strawberries are about to Become More Toxic
Published June 23 2010
Concepts: pesticides, strawberries, body, pesticide, cleansing

New Study Finds Pesticides Double Risk of ADHD in Our Children
Published June 3 2010
Concepts: adhd, pesticides, child, pesticide, children

Are honey bees being killed off by chemically coated crop seeds?
Published May 14 2010
Concepts: bees, pesticides, honey bees, honey, pesticide

Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder Finally Explained: Too Many Chemicals
Published March 24 2010
Concepts: collapse, disorder, chemicals, colony collapse disorder, research

Fresh produce often contaminated with pesticides
Published March 18 2010
Concepts: pesticides, organic, pesticide, fresh produce, children

How to Remove Pesticides from Produce with Inexpensive Home Ingredients
Published March 2 2010
Concepts: home, pesticides, food, fresh produce, water

Sara Lee accused of greenwashing marketing hype with its "EcoGrain" bread
Published February 22 2010
Concepts: organic, Sara Lee, bread, farmers, marketing

Common Herbs can be used as Natural Pesticides
Published February 14 2010
Concepts: herbs, natural, pesticides, oil, oils

Use Natural, Non-Toxic Pest Control without Resorting to Dangerous Pesticides
Published February 2 2010
Concepts: pest control, natural, pesticides, home, oil

Pesticides are killing birds, bees, and bats by the millions
Published January 18 2010
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, bees, bats, birds

Innovative anti-insect netting protects crops without pesticides
Published January 15 2010
Concepts: crops, pesticide, pesticides, pests, health

Genetically Engineered Crops have Led to Massive Increases in Pesticide Use
Published December 3 2009
Concepts: GMO, pesticide, crops, genetically engineered crops, genetically engineered

Pesticides Destroying 60 Percent of Honeybees
Published October 22 2009
Concepts: bees, pesticides, honey, poison, hives

On-the-job pesticide exposure is linked to Parkinson's disease
Published October 9 2009
Concepts: pesticide, Parkinson's, pesticides, exposure, disease

Fruit in Europe Contains Illegal Pesticide Levels
Published September 28 2009
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, food, fruit, illegal

Pesticides Cause Childhood Brain Cancers
Published September 28 2009
Concepts: brain, pesticides, child, cancer, childhood

Pesticides Cause Parkinson's Disease
Published September 25 2009
Concepts: pesticides, disease, pesticide, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease

Home Pesticides Linked to Childhood Cancers
Published September 19 2009
Concepts: pesticides, cancer, pesticide, childhood, children

Natural Plant-Based Pesticides: Ready for Use
Published September 3 2009
Concepts: natural, pesticides, cleansing, food, cleaning

Home Pesticides Linked to Childhood Cancers
Published August 18 2009
Concepts: pesticides, cancer, pesticide, childhood, children

Specific Pesticide Directly Linked to Parkinson's Disease
Published August 14 2009
Concepts: pesticide, disease, Parkinson's, pesticides, patients

Research Shows Children are Critically Susceptible to Pesticides
Published July 21 2009
Concepts: children, child, pesticide, research, pesticides

Think Twice Before Using Pesticides: Strong Link Found with Pre-Cancerous Condition
Published July 15 2009
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, risk, cancer, NCI

Research Reveals Which Conventional Produce Can be Safely Eaten
Published June 23 2009
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, research, fruit, health

The Modern Lawn Contributes to Climate Change
Published May 13 2009
Concepts: trees, health, soil, life, plants

Pesticides Shown to be Huge Parkinson's Disease Risk
Published May 1 2009
Concepts: Parkinson's, disease, pesticides, Parkinson's Disease, pesticide

Residential Pesticides Linked to Childhood Brain Cancer
Published April 29 2009
Concepts: brain, pesticide, pesticides, exposure, childhood

Top Six Reasons to Eat Only Organic Fruits and Vegetables
Published February 16 2009
Concepts: food, organic, health, pesticide, foods

EPA Sued to Properly Assess Health Risks of Pesticides in the Water Supply
Published February 11 2009
Concepts: water, EPA, pesticides, risks, health

Organic Gardening Offers Many Health Benefits and Helps Plants and Animals
Published February 11 2009
Concepts: organic, health, plants, food, life

Buying Organic is Well Worth the Cost even When Times are Tough
Published February 10 2009
Concepts: organic, food, organic food, natural, products

Give Thought to Green when Buying a Tree
Published December 18 2008
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, health, green, Christmas

Pesticide Exposure Boosts Parkinson's Risk by 60 Percent
Published November 23 2008
Concepts: pesticide, Parkinson's, disease, risk, exposure

There Is No Such Thing as the West Nile Virus
Published November 9 2008
Concepts: virus, disease, poison, viruses, West Nile virus

Pesticides Make Farmers Literally Depressed
Published October 26 2008
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, farmers, organic, food

Bayer Pesticide Chemicals Linked to Devastating Collapse of Honeybee Populations
Published September 30 2008
Concepts: pesticide, bees, Bayer, chemicals, collapse

Ecologist Jim McMahon Talks About Water Reports and Filters
Published September 3 2008
Concepts: water, carbon, mercury, chlorine, health

Germany Bans Eight Pesticides Linked to Honeybee Population Collapse; Clothianidin Chemical Found Contaminating Dead Bees
Published August 29 2008
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, collapse, Germany, population

Colony Collapse Disorder Debunked: Pesticides Cause Bee Deaths
Published July 22 2008
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, disorder, Bayer, collapse

The Poisoning of America's Water Supplies
Published July 3 2008
Concepts: water, lead, drinking, drinking water, health

Organic Produce vs. Conventional Produce: Which Is Best to Buy?
Published June 9 2008
Concepts: organic, food, organic produce, pesticide, salad

Bush Administration Sued for Allowing Continued Use of Four Pesticides
Published May 10 2008
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, EPA, the EPA, Bush Administration

Think That Your Gift Is Pesticide-Free? Give Organic Flowers and It Will Be
Published May 10 2008
Concepts: flowers, organic, pesticide, pesticides, Hawaii

Study Links Parkinson's Disease With Chemical Exposure
Published May 2 2008
Concepts: Parkinson's, disease, pesticide, exposure, Parkinson's Disease

Lawsuit Filed to Halt Use of Dangerous Pesticides
Published April 16 2008
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, lawsuit, EPA, health

Dr. Gabriel Cousens on Diabetes, Cell Memory and Reducing Blood Sugar
Published April 14 2008
Concepts: diabetes, food, toxins, health, memory

First It Was Bees, Now It's Bats That Are Dying
Published April 11 2008
Concepts: bats, bees, pesticide, pesticides, disease

The Organic Advantage: A Nutritional Edge
Published April 3 2008
Concepts: organic, pesticide, food, pesticides, chicken

Tracing Pesticides in Children From Ingestion to Elimination
Published March 28 2008
Concepts: pesticide, pesticides, children, child, food

Want a Nutritional Edge? Buy Organic
Published March 24 2008
Concepts: organic, pesticide, food, pesticides, chicken

Healing Illness - A Natural Anti-Cancer Protocol
Published March 10 2008
Concepts: cancer, health, supplement, body, oil

$74.5 Million Set for the Spraying of Toxic Chemicals Over San Francisco
Published March 3 2008
Concepts: chemicals, California, government, health, EPA

If You Are a Wine Drinker, Here Are Facts You Should Know
Published February 28 2008
Concepts: wine, alcohol, chemicals, body, liver

The Truth About Honeybees Provide Clues to Their Disappearance
Published January 24 2008
Concepts: bees, honey, crops, honeybees, health

Poisoning the Earth for Profit - DDT, a Vaccine for Mosquitoes?
Published January 4 2008
Concepts: DDT, WHO, pesticide, article, pesticides

Pesticides in Food and the Home: Warnings and Alternatives
Published October 12 2007
Concepts: pesticides, pesticide, food, EPA, environment

What's in an apple? Buying organic, healthful produce becomes increasingly complicated
Published September 17 2007
Concepts: apple, food, organic, consumers, water

Common crop herbicide Atrazine linked to reproductive mutations in amphibians
Published August 27 2007
Concepts: Atrazine, pesticides, research, EPA, the EPA

Pesticides and chemical fertilizers clearly linked to premature births
Published July 31 2007
Concepts: pesticides, birth, fertilizers, prenatal nutrition, nitrates

Free consumer guide to pesticides in produce offered by Environmental Working Group
Published March 28 2007
Concepts: pesticides, environmental, pesticide, organic, eating

Lindane pesticide banned by the EPA, but still allowed by FDA in children's products
Published March 27 2007
Concepts: lindane, shampoo, pesticide, FDA, children

Mysterious collapse of honeybee populations threatens national food supply
Published March 21 2007
Concepts: honey, bees, food, collapse, population

Pesticide exposure could increase risk of early onset of Parkinson's disease (press release)
Published November 2 2006
Concepts: Parkinson's, disease, pesticide, Parkinson's Disease, pesticides

Breast cancer risk tripled for women exposed to farm pesticides and chemicals
Published October 13 2006
Concepts: cancer, breast cancer, pesticides, women, risk

EPA may approve neurotoxic pesticide that harms children
Published October 4 2006
Concepts: pesticide, EPA, the EPA, pesticides, scientist

Research Documents Children’s Exposure to Pesticides (press release)
Published September 19 2006
Concepts: exposure, research, pesticides, pesticide, children

Pesticides found to cause Parkinson's disease
Published September 18 2006
Concepts: dieldrin, Parkinson's, pesticides, research, disease

Genetically engineered crops contain latent pesticides that are activated when eaten by consumers
Published September 7 2006
Concepts: crops, pesticides, herbicide, genetically engineered, genetically engineered crops

Pesticides Exposure Associated With Parkinson's Disease (press release)
Published August 29 2006
Concepts: exposure, pesticides, disease, pesticide, Parkinson's

Pesticide Use Increases Risk of Parkinson’s in Men (press release)
Published August 8 2006
Concepts: pesticide, risk, disease, exposure, pesticides

EPA caves to industry pressure, approves continued use of 31 toxic pesticides that harm children
Published August 7 2006
Concepts: EPA, pesticides, the EPA, health, industry

Coke, Pepsi banned in India over harmful levels of aspartame, pesticides and other chemicals
Published August 7 2006
Concepts: Pepsi, India, soft drinks, aspartame, pesticides

Altered Breast Tissue Development in Young Girls Linked to Pesticides (press release)
Published August 1 2006
Concepts: girls, pesticides, pesticide, WHO, child

Natural Cellular Defense removes heavy metals, pesticides, toxic chemicals from body - study
Published August 1 2006
Concepts: zeolite, toxins, natural, brain, toxic

EPA debating use of fluoride pesticides on food; consumers urged to take action
Published July 31 2006
Concepts: fluoride, pesticides, food, EPA, consumers

Pesticide industry plotted Bush human testing policy; meeting with OMB staff laid out exemptions for experiments on children
Published July 26 2006
Concepts: pesticide, industry, pesticides, experiments, human testing

Study shows DDT to be toxic to nervous systems of babies
Published July 5 2006
Concepts: DDT, toxic, pesticides, WHO, mothers

Low-dose pesticide exposure boosts Parkinson's risk by 70 percent
Published June 26 2006
Concepts: pesticide, Parkinson's, exposure, risk, disease

Interview with Randall Fitzgerald, author of The Hundred-Year Lie, on the prevalence of toxic chemicals
Published June 21 2006
Concepts: chemicals, synthetic chemicals, health, products, food

Toxic pesticide TBT poisons worldwide marine wildlife; used widely on hulls of oil tankers
Published December 27 2005
Concepts: TBT, marine life, tributyltin oxide, pesticide, pesticides

Natural Cellular Defense and zeolite - is it the next big thing in nutritional therapies for cancer and chronic disease?
Published December 1 2005
Concepts: cancer, zeolite, natural, article, zeolites

Interview with Dr. Gabriel Cousens, raw foods pioneer and founder of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center
Published November 29 2005
Concepts: food, life, WHO, foods, eating

The true horrors of pet food revealed: Prepare to be shocked by what goes into dog food and cat food
Published October 21 2005
Concepts: food, pet food, dog, pets, meat

Green tea from China found to be contaminated with alarming levels of pesticides
Published July 20 2004
Concepts: pesticides, china, tea, green, green tea


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