Healthy soil with good structure acts as a sponge — readily absorbing water during intense rains and holding on to it during dry times — improving farmers’ outcomes during weather extremes. We ...
Some of these pesticide breakdown products can be many times more toxic than the parent compound. The breakdown products have also been found to trigger synergistic interactions that further increase ...
Pesticides that harm bees were found in the ... said agricultural waste is responsible for a greater percentage of water pollution than sewage in the UK. She said that while their impact on ...
But because of its widespread use as a pesticide in agricultural areas, the chemical seeped into groundwater in dozens of California counties. State and private water experts say it remains there ...
Credit: ITV News The River Cam was found to have the highest number of pharmaceuticals, pesticides ... of rush your energy when you've been in the water,” says Simon Crowhurst, a regular ...
A pesticide amnesty has taken place across Devon and Cornwall to help protect the environment, South West Water has said. It said more than 840 litres of harmful chemicals were collected from ...
Evaluating the contents of 19 brands of mineral water, a recent analysis from the Pesticide Action Network Europe identified a compound called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in 10 of the water brands.