L'écotoxicité des rivières bretonnes provoquée par les pesticides n'a pas baissé depuis 2012. C'est ce que montre l'analyse statistique exclusive réalisée par Akwari Coop pour « Splann ! ». 🧪 1/
The locks toward Haigh Hall are deep. Their massive gates weigh more than a tonne each. A number of the gates have chains and pulleys to help boaters open and close them.
To share the work, I asked another boat to pair up.
Quite a few of the #locks are covered in a lush, living carpet of #vegetation (see photo).
Des #arboriculteurs#bretons voient leurs récoltes baisser depuis 2020. Ils n’utilisent pas de #pesticides dans leurs vergers, mais des analyses révèlent la présence d’#herbicides épandus par le voisinage. En témoignant, ils espèrent briser l’omerta.
Ce que révèle leur histoire, c’est que le modèle #agro-industriel, qui ne peut se passer de pesticides, écrase les autres formes d’agriculture, voire les condamne. Newsletter mensuelle On en Agro 👉 https://basta.media/inscription-newsletter
The #AngloSaxon capitalist model ruined earth for humanity and many other species. #BigOil has been its undertaker, b/c #BigOilKnew.
If capitalism hadn't made the #GreenRevolution possible, human society would already have reached the #overshoot (1) point at the end of the last century:
In 1968, the #biologists Paul and Anne #Ehrlich wrote the book The #PopulationBomb"...
All in the name of corporate profits. Human health is irrelevant. The EPA serves BigBiz:
'But this week, the EPA said that despite the court ruling, it will still allow millions of gallons of dicamba to be sprayed this growing season.'
‘Disturbing’: #weedkiller ingredient tied to #cancer found in 80% of US urine samples
CDC study finds #glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular #Roundup brand, present in samples
by Carey Gillam
Sat 9 Jul 2022 05.30 EDT
"The health impacts of glyphosate are disputed and the CDC report makes no observation about what the detected levels mean in terms of human health outcomes. However, its work comes at a time of mounting concerns and controversy over how #pesticides in #food and #water impact human and #environmental health.
"Both the amount and prevalence of glyphosate found in human urine has been rising steadily since the 1990s when #Monsanto Co. introduced genetically engineered crops designed to be sprayed directly with Roundup, according to research published in 2017 by University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
"Paul Mills, the lead researcher of that study, said at the time there was 'an urgent need' for a thorough examination of the impact on human health from glyphosate in foods people commonly consume.
"More than 200 million pounds of glyphosate are used annually by #US#farmers on their fields. The weedkiller is sprayed directly over genetically engineered crops such as #corn and #soybeans, and also over non-genetically engineered crops such as #wheat and #oats as a desiccant to dry crops out prior to harvest. Many farmers also use it on fields before the growing season, including #spinach growers and #almond producers. It is considered the most widely used herbicide in history.
"Residues of glyphosate have been documented in an array of popular foods made with crops sprayed with glyphosate, including #BabyFood The primary route of exposure for #children is through the diet."
I need to get some weeds sprayed down in my yard. (Yes, I really need to, no I don't need a lecture.) I'm really chemically sensitive so I'm trying to figure out what will kill the weeds but not kill me. (Anything that contains Glyphosate, for example, is out of the question.)
It looks like 20% Vinegar does not work well on weeds in my area, fyi.