Inert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for safety or identified on pesticide labels.
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A third of South Africa’s farming income depends on irrigation. Disruptions in power supply put huge chunks of the country’s agricultural fortunes at risk.
What kind of evidence does it require to get a widely used chemical banned? A professor of medicine and former state regulator explains how the case for chlorpyrifos as a threat to public health developed.
New research reveals an overlooked, but potentially significant, problem with agrochemicals and pollinators.
Realities on the ground tell a different story from the claim that a Green Revolution ensures food security and increased income for smallholder farmers in Ghana.
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Professor, Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Murdoch University
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Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas, at Austin, The University of Texas at Austin
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
