• Misleading Claims Found on Plethora of “Green” Products

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:45:08
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 29, 2010) According to a new report by the North American environmental-marketing company TerraChoice, 95% of consumer products examined that claim to be eco-friendly are guilty of greenwashing, including: vague language such as “all-natural,” no proof of environmental claims, and the use of fake labels designed to imply that the product has [...]

  • Negligent Bed Bug Extermination Contaminates Elementary School

    Updated: 2010-10-28 07:12:46
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 28, 2010) In an effort to combat a bedbug problem in a Brooklyn, New York elementary school, the Department of Education (DOE) paid a private contractor almost $100,000 to exterminate and, according to teachers, left the classrooms “soaked with a liquid bed bug killing chemical.” An odorous fluid was left behind on [...]

  • Marijuana Wars

    Updated: 2010-10-27 09:14:22
    Marijuana’s crusade for legality has been losing battles recently. Actually the plant suffered something of a massacre last week in Mexico. Randal C. Archibold of the New York Times reported Friday about 134 tons of marijuana was set ablaze in an attempt to instill fear in the other plants lurking, still unfound in the Mexican [...]

  • Oregon County Proposes Rules to Protect Drinking Water

    Updated: 2010-10-27 05:31:59
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 27, 2010) Proposed land use rules aimed to protect drinking-water sources from contaminated runoff and to improve floodplain regulation are under consideration by Lane County Board of Commissioners of Lane County, Oregon. The proposed rules would restrict fertilizer runoff and herbicide spraying near drinking-water sources. The draft ‘Drinking Water Protection Zone,’ [...]

  • Report Says Family Farmers Face Unfair Competition from “Organic” Factory Farms

    Updated: 2010-10-26 06:16:32
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 26, 2010) A new report by the Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based farm policy research group, focuses on widespread abuses in some organic egg production, primarily by large industrial agribusinesses. The study profiles the exemplary management practices employed by many family-scale organic farmers engaged in egg production, while spotlighting abuses at so-called factory [...]

  • Deltamethrin Approved for New Brunswick Salmon Fisheries

    Updated: 2010-10-25 05:05:59
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 25,2010) In an effort to control sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon Health Canada has approved a request by the province of New Brunswick to use the pesticide Alphamax, whose active ingredient is deltamethrin. The high concentrations of salmon in aquaculture facilities has lead to major problems with sea lice, a type [...]

  • Perfect Fly light Control Satalite 40 Wall Sconce

    Updated: 2010-10-22 20:48:22
    Looking for the perfect fly light for your resturant or office and do not want the customers knowing what it is?  Look no further than the Satalite Professional Ultraviolet fly trap. The Satalite Professional Ultraviolet fly trap incorporates pheromone impregnated glue traps with new high powered UV bulbs to attract flying ...

  • USDA Organic Program Says Oversight Improved under Obama Administration

    Updated: 2010-10-22 06:16:48
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 22, 2010) Miles McEvoy, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) deputy administrator for the National Organic Program (NOP), said that USDA has implemented 12 of the 14 recommendations for improving organic oversight by the USDA Inspector General (IG), following an audit of the program’s management from October 2003 through July 2009. In [...]

  • EPA Submits Human Testing Rule Revisions to Secretary of Agriculture

    Updated: 2010-10-21 05:44:37
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 21, 2010) Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture a draft proposed rule to amend EPA’s protocol for the testing of pesticides on humans. This draft proposed rule is a result of a settlement agreement reached on June 2010 in a [...]

  • Winterizing your MistAway Misting Systems

    Updated: 2010-10-20 16:46:42
    Winterizing your MistAway Misting Systems     Winterizing your MistAway Misting Systems is critical to a long and healthy life.  Everyone absolutely need to winterize the systems if you live in a part of the country where the temperature drops below freezing more than a couple of times a year, or stays that ...

  • Heavy Metal: More Business For China

    Updated: 2010-10-20 09:08:12
    “Seventeen metals on the periodic table of elements are the commotion from Tokyo to Washington, D.C.” Writes Catherine Ngai of National Geographic. Rare-earth metals or REMs are composed of element number 21, scandium; number 39, yttrium; and the 15 lanthanides, numbers 57-71, on the periodic table. They are often found in clusters, but you would [...]

  • Organic Hops Coming To Organic Beer Soon

    Updated: 2010-10-20 05:39:22
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 20, 2010) After years of trying, organic hop growers, most clustered in the Northwest, are poised to win a long-fought battle: requiring organic hops in organic beer. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will take up the issue later this month. Last week, a board subcommittee voted to mandate organic hops in [...]

  • Salmon Farms Probed for Illegal Pesticide Use Linked to Lobster Deaths

    Updated: 2010-10-19 05:01:07
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 19, 2010) In addition to the ongoing investigation into the death of nearly 1,000 lobsters last fall around waters in New England and Canada, Environment Canada is now investigating the possible release of a pesticide that is not permitted for use in Canada. The pesticide, cypermethrin, is used in the U.S., including [...]

  • A combination of hot air treatment and nano-packing reduces fruit decay and maintains quality in postharvest Chinese bayberries

    Updated: 2010-10-18 14:14:57
    . Contact us Help Shopping cart Home About us Article title , keywords or abstract Article title Publication title Author Advanced search Subject Publisher Publication Browse : by Home Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Volume 90, Number 14 A combination of hot air treatment and nano-packing reduces fruit decay and maintains quality in postharvest Chinese bayberries Authors : Wang , Kaituo Jin , Peng Shang , Haitao Li , Hongmei Xu , Feng Hu , Qiuhui Zheng , Yonghua : Source Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Volume 90, Number 14, November 2010 pp . 2427-2432(6 Publisher : John Wiley Sons , . Ltd view table of contents next article Buy download fulltext : article The full text article is not available for . purchase The publisher only permits individual articles to

  • Fortunes May be Changing for Monsanto

    Updated: 2010-10-18 05:01:45
    (Beyond Pesticides, October 18, 2010) Despite condemnation from environmentalists and human rights advocates, the business practices employed by biotech giant Monsanto seemed to be serving the St. Louis-based company well, until this year where disappointing sales, increased competition and even a federal investigation have sent stock prices into a downward spiral. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn, [...]

  • Coming Soon To a Gas Station Near You: E15

    Updated: 2010-10-17 11:24:50
    Give your automobile an adult cocktail! The Environmental Protection Agency will approve the ethanol blend, E15, for cars in the 2007 model year. This is a result of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, mandating an increase in renewable fuels for the transport sector. The decision will apply to more than 42 million [...]

  • The State of Greek Healthcare: Pecuniary or Moral?

    Updated: 2010-10-14 12:04:07
    To Vima, one of the most popular newspapers in Greece reported that the country’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer be paying for special footwear worn by diabetes patients. The Reason? According to the Benefits Division – the state insurance provider, amputation is cheaper. In a letter to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of People [...]

  • Invade Bio Bullets Eating the Scum of the Earth

    Updated: 2010-10-12 21:24:03
    Invade Bio Bullets Eating the Scum of the Earth Announing the newest product available for grease and waste digesting, Invade Bio Bullets from Rockwell labs, ltd. InVade Bio Bullets contain grease and waste digesting, odor eliminating, non-pathogenic bacteria in a slowly dispersing solid matrix. The 5 lb Bio Bullets are ideal for hanging ...

  • InTice Granular Insect Bait and Non-Repellent Treatment

    Updated: 2010-10-12 21:24:01
    Intice and Non Repellents Apply non repellent in a band around the structure and in other areas where needed and permitted by the label.  Sprinkle InTice Granular Bait right on top of the non-repellent treatment.  The application doesn’t need to be perfectly uniform, since pests are looking for bait (food), not ...

  • Jecta Borate Tubes of BoraCare for Termite Control

    Updated: 2010-10-12 13:22:42
    Jecta Borate Tubes Boracare Introduction The effectiveness of Bora-Care in a gel form for sealed or hard-to-reach wood. Normally, your pest control company would use Bora-Care liquid termiticide to protect your homes from wood destroying organisms such as termites and decay fungi, but sometimes using Bora-Care isn’t practical or possible. Jecta is a ...

  • Slow On the Uptake: Why the US Is Still Remitting and Emitting

    Updated: 2010-10-12 12:15:41
    It was largely looked forward to and now it’s largely disappointing; The Environmental Protection Agency was to divulge its direction this week on how power plants and refiners will be forced to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, beyond cap and trade and other propositions. Sadly though there was an inter-agency collapse on the line of [...]

  • Biodiversity World Tour (how agriculture can protect & preserve natural resources)

    Updated: 2010-10-12 09:45:59
    The Biodiversity World Tour is a global campaign to engage citizens from around the world in a discussion on how agriculture can protect and preserve our natural resources. Travelling across three continents, the World Tour will engage audiences in a worldwide discussion about biodiversity and agriculture with farmers, agricultural experts, researchers, and policymakers. You can [...]

  • Preventing Fall Invading Pests with Fast acting Temprid SC Insecticide

    Updated: 2010-10-09 02:33:40
    Common Fall Invaders Insects such as Cluster Flies, Boxelder bugs, elm leaf beetles and multicolored Asian Lady Beetles (MALB) are common over wintering pests.  As the temperatures cool in the fall, these insects are attracted to warm temperatures that are found on exterior walls exposed to the sun.  They often occur ...

  • How to control Burdock Plants

    Updated: 2010-10-08 17:46:46
    The leaves on burdock (Arctium minus) plants are some of the largest you are likely to find, getting as large as 12 or 14 inches across. They are dark green, dull, and more or less heart-shaped. The plants vary in height from 1.5 feet to 10 feet tall. Flowers are ...

  • New Pesticide Marketing Campaign May Be Confusing. What Should You Believe?

    Updated: 2010-10-07 18:48:57
    In the not too distant future you may see advertisements, information hand-outs, signs in the produce areas of grocery stores, you might even hear radio advertising, all promoting the idea that the pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables really aren’t harmful. If you’re concerned about pesticides – which would make you part of a whopping [...]

  • OUTSIDE Magazine Media Kit 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:42:48
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  • Sector Mosquito Misting System Refill Permethrin

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:42:41
    www.epestsolutions.com offers a low price guarantee on all our products, with Fast Free Shipping Why would you fo anywhere else! When you are looking for Riptide or Sector for your mosquito misting system, look no further. Sector is the perfect solution for your mossquito misting system. [caption id="attachment_687" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="Riptide Mosquito Misting ...

  • Intruder HPX Aerosol for Stink Bug Control

    Updated: 2010-10-06 05:16:38
    We have received so many calls on what to use for stink bug control it has been crazy! We have a great product called Intruder HPX which is an aerosol, has a quick knock down and exceptional performance! The Price is right at on $14.99 a can with free shipping, one or ...

  • A Green Machine

    Updated: 2010-10-05 10:19:17
    August was a brow-lifting month for American green energy enthusiasts and so will be October. So will be every month until we see some actual change! The congressional Democrat resolution to not even bring to the senate floor a major energy bill invites the question: “how serious is President Obama about the environment?” BarackObama.com reads: [...]

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