pesticides

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<p>Should we make all farming organic or focus on intensifying production in specific areas and rewild the rest? It’s a trade-off that pits land sparing against land sharing</p>

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Michelle McKeown: Can we feed the world and save it too?

Rather than choosing organic everywhere or intensification somewhere, many scientists now advocate for a sustainable intensification approach: combining ecological practices with modern science and technology

<p>Michael Bertram: "Our study is among the first to show that pharmaceutical pollution can affect not just behaviour in the lab, but outcomes for animals in their natural environment."</p>

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What’s really in our water? We can't manage what we can't measure

<p>Anja Murray: "Not only do herbicides wipe out the weeds and wildflowers that some consider unsightly, but they also damage bees, butterflies and hoverflies."</p>

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It's not too late to avoid a litany of missed opportunities to look after wildlife habitats

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Contraceptives, antibiotics, painkillers... human medicines having negative effect on wildlife

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Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

Climate change putting UK wildlife 'increasingly at risk'

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Anja Murray: The difference between bumblebees, solitary bees and honeybees

Donal Hickey: Consider pesticide alternatives — especially close to drinking water sources

48 pesticide exceedances detected in public drinking water supplies as part of Uisce Éireann’s public water supply monitoring programme, from a total of more than 35,000 samples

Thu, 22 Jun, 2023

World Bee Day is on May 20 — here's why it's important

We have a Native Irish Honey Bee which is under threat... find out here how to help it survive

Sun, 14 May, 2023

Splendid bees collecting pollen on colorful wild artichoke flower

Citizens' initiative wants ban on all synthetic pesticides by 2035

The' Save bees and farmers' petition has been signed by more than 1m European citizens

Wed, 19 Oct, 2022

John Gibbons: Pesticides — the global hazard that is harming farmers' health here and now

Some 44% of farm workers worldwide are being poisoned by pesticides, and a UCC research team is now studying a possible link between such biocides and Parkinson's disease

Wed, 05 Oct, 2022

EU Commission proposes cutting pesticides by half by 2030

A study by the group Pesticide Action Network Europe last month said the contamination of fruit and vegetables produced in the EU with the most toxic pesticides has substantially increased over the past decade

Wed, 22 Jun, 2022

Dramatic rise in pesticides in EU fruit and vegetables, report claims

The contamination of fruits and vegetables produced in the European Union by the most toxic pesticides has substantially increased over the past decade, according to new research.

Tue, 24 May, 2022

Juanita Browne: Celebrate World Bee Day by helping our wild bees

We also need to protect the flight paths used by birds and bats — and the commuter belts which are important to our hedgehogs, foxes and badgers

Tue, 17 May, 2022

Cork City Council to cut use of chemical weedkiller in public areas

Trials on the use of organic herbicides, mechanical weed control and mulching have been carried out in public areas since the start of this year

Mon, 20 Sep, 2021

Fish kills 'may be unavoidable' due to the hot weather

Inland Fisheries Ireland is asking anglers to voluntarily stop using ‘keep nets’ and to take a break from fishing if they practice catch and release fishing

Fri, 23 Jul, 2021

Farmers told to follow best practice as pesticides found in public water

Irish Water has appealed to farmers, ahead of the spraying season, after finding pesticides breaching EU levels in several public water supplies.

Mon, 08 Apr, 2019

B&Q takes ‘trailblazing’ step to stop decline in bees

All flowering plants sold by B&Q will be grown free from the pesticides that are linked to a decline in the bee population.

Wed, 10 May, 2017

Short-term solution, long-term disaster

The weakening of the Environmental Protection Agency in the US and subsequent increase in worldwide pesticide use could have dire consequences, writes Mojisola Ojebode.

Wed, 05 Apr, 2017

UK rejects Friends of the Earth's bid to stop 'bee-harming' pesticide use

British environmental campaigners have lost their bid to challenge the lifting of a ban on the use of “bee-harming” pesticides in four English counties.

Fri, 13 Nov, 2015

US court blocks pesticide use over concerns about bees

A US federal appeals court has blocked the use of a pesticide over concerns about its effect on honey bees.

Fri, 11 Sep, 2015

Bees ‘get a buzz’ from food laden with pesticides

Bees get a ‘buzz’ from nicotine-like pesticides in much the same way as smokers are stimulated by tobacco, startling new research suggests.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2015

pesticides

Michelle McKeown: Can we feed the world and save it too?

What’s really in our water? We can't manage what we can't measure

It's not too late to avoid a litany of missed opportunities to look after wildlife habitats

Contraceptives, antibiotics, painkillers... human medicines having negative effect on wildlife

Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

Anja Murray: The difference between bumblebees, solitary bees and honeybees

Donal Hickey: Consider pesticide alternatives — especially close to drinking water sources

World Bee Day is on May 20 — here's why it's important

Citizens' initiative wants ban on all synthetic pesticides by 2035

John Gibbons: Pesticides — the global hazard that is harming farmers' health here and now

EU Commission proposes cutting pesticides by half by 2030

Dramatic rise in pesticides in EU fruit and vegetables, report claims

Juanita Browne: Celebrate World Bee Day by helping our wild bees

Cork City Council to cut use of chemical weedkiller in public areas

Fish kills 'may be unavoidable' due to the hot weather

Farmers told to follow best practice as pesticides found in public water

B&Q takes ‘trailblazing’ step to stop decline in bees

Short-term solution, long-term disaster

UK rejects Friends of the Earth's bid to stop 'bee-harming' pesticide use

US court blocks pesticide use over concerns about bees

Bees ‘get a buzz’ from food laden with pesticides

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Mick Clifford

pesticides

Michelle McKeown: Can we feed the world and save it too?

What’s really in our water? We can't manage what we can't measure

It's not too late to avoid a litany of missed opportunities to look after wildlife habitats

Contraceptives, antibiotics, painkillers... human medicines having negative effect on wildlife

Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations

Anja Murray: The difference between bumblebees, solitary bees and honeybees

Donal Hickey: Consider pesticide alternatives — especially close to drinking water sources

World Bee Day is on May 20 — here's why it's important

Citizens' initiative wants ban on all synthetic pesticides by 2035

John Gibbons: Pesticides — the global hazard that is harming farmers' health here and now

EU Commission proposes cutting pesticides by half by 2030

Dramatic rise in pesticides in EU fruit and vegetables, report claims

Juanita Browne: Celebrate World Bee Day by helping our wild bees

Cork City Council to cut use of chemical weedkiller in public areas

Fish kills 'may be unavoidable' due to the hot weather

Farmers told to follow best practice as pesticides found in public water

B&Q takes ‘trailblazing’ step to stop decline in bees

Short-term solution, long-term disaster

UK rejects Friends of the Earth's bid to stop 'bee-harming' pesticide use

US court blocks pesticide use over concerns about bees

Bees ‘get a buzz’ from food laden with pesticides

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Mick Clifford

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