SEVERAL soil micro-organisms isolated from soil contaminated with pesticides have been reported to be active in the degradation of dieldrin—one of the most stable and hazardous insecticidal ...

Four of the most hazardous - PCBs, dioxins, dieldrin and toxaphene - were used to calculate consumption safety guidelines. The researchers recommended that only a half to one meal - defined as ...

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Pesticides: These include various chemicals, such as imidacloprid, dieldrin, and atrazine. Salinity and Sodicity: Saline Soils: Result from the accumulation of soluble salts, often due to irrigation ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 9, 2024) Comments are due by 11:59 PM EDT on September 30, 2024. With the opening of the public comment period on organic standards that determine the integrity, strength ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 23, 2024) A study in Science of The Total Environment calculates and compares pesticide risk in 594 wild bee species associated with crops in North America. Current ...

A woman and her dog run in the northeast corner of Cesar Chavez Park. In January, the city of Berkeley received a letter from the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board ordering it to test ...

This work presents fundamental new insights into the conductivity of freshwater cable bacteria. The evidence supporting the conclusions, which was collected using appropriate techniques, is compelling ...

BPC is now accepting registration forms for the 2024 Obsolete Collection Events. Each October, the Maine Board of Pesticides Control conducts a program to collect and properly dispose of banned and ...

Organochlorine chemistry is concerned with the properties of organochlorine compounds, or organochlorides, organic compounds containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine. The ...