The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has published a new report for the 2021 shopping season that rates produce on the amount of pesticides they are likely to contain, part of its famous ‘Dirty Dozen’ and ‘Clean Fifteen’ series. Strawberries have continued to rank high yet again, taking first place [...]
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“Like It’s Been Nuked” — Millions of Bees Dead After Zika Spraying in South Carolina (with video)
On August 29 Flowertown Bee Farm owners in Summerville, South Carolina woke up to a cruel, unwanted surprise — 2.5 million dead bees from 46 hives. These were the rescue hives that the owner, Nita Mae, acquired to help the dying bee population. This time the bees were hit by what [...]
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Can’t Buy All Organic? These Two Favorite Fruits Contain Virtually No Detectable Pesticides
The world is still not fully on board the organic living train just yet, but sales of organic produce are booming mainly because people want to avoid synthetic pesticide residues on their food. Organic growers use far less pesticides and herbicides don’t use the synthetic types like glyphosate and [...]
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