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01/24/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Survival food staple: 12 household and medicinal uses for the onion

Onions are naturally tasty — add them to any dish, and they would surely make an already scrumptious meal even more flavorful. What’s better is, not only are items of joy to the palate, onions are also blessings to the body due to their many nutritional and medicinal benefits. What are those? Read this article and […]

01/02/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Chemical cocktail: How pesticides amplify chemical damage to the environment

It’s been a long-known fact that certain chemicals pose a threat to nature and the environment – a major contributor of which are consumer products and agriculture. While experts can assess the risk that each product poses, there are some exceptions that cause challenges in determining the harmful effects of these chemicals. This phenomenon is mainly brought […]

09/06/2017 / By Russel Davis

High pesticide exposure in pregnant women found to cause birth defects and low birth weight

High pesticide exposure may negatively affect birth outcomes in pregnant women, a study published in Nature Communications showed. Previous research on the link between pesticide exposure and birth defects showed ambiguous results. To address this, a team of researchers at the University of California – Santa Barbara examined birth outcomes in San Joaquin Valley. The region currently produces […]

08/30/2017 / By Russel Davis

Third World farmers are committing suicide by consuming toxic pesticides

Neither using a secured storage nor implementing stricter pesticide access were effective in stemming chemical-related self-poisoning and suicide in rural Asia, two studies revealed. The use of pesticides as an act of self-poisoning remains to be one of the three leading means of suicide worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported. According to the WHO, this accounts […]

06/05/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Cancer rates to explode as global herbicide market projected to reach $34 billion by 2022

The global herbicide market is poised to grow exponentially in 2022, which in turn may further drive up the already high cancer rates around the world. Data from the recent Research and Markets report showed that global herbicide market was valued at $23.97 billion in 2016 and is projected to grow to $34.10 billion by 2022. According to the report, […]

04/23/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Super bedbugs now emerging everywhere thanks to global travelers who carry the pests at the speed of jet travel

A recent study revealed that new “super” bedbugs exhibited early signs of resistance to two more types of insecticides, apart from the traditional deltamethrin and other pyrethroid-class insecticides. These insects are being seen everywhere, thanks to global travel and travelers inadvertently carrying the pests on clothing and bags. In fact, a recent report noted that bedbug […]

04/09/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Scientists shocked as common pesticides are confirmed to accelerate puberty in boys by drastically altering hormone production

Environmental exposure to common pesticides speeds up the onset of puberty in boys, a new study found. Researchers at the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China found that a class of pesticide called pyrethroid accounted for more than 30% of pesticide use around the world. Pyrethroids are commonly used both indoors and outdoors to kill mosquitoes and other bugs. The […]

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