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Genetics reveal how the invasive insects adapted to urban heat and pesticides. NYU biology assistant professor Kristin Winchell and Ph.D. student Fallon Meng discuss the research.

Genetics reveal how the invasive insects adapted to urban heat and pesticides. NYU biology assistant professor Kristin Winchell and Ph.D. student Fallon Meng discuss the research.

Le sénateur Laurent Duplomb (Haute-Loire, LR), qui souhaite le retour de pesticides interdits, s’appuie sur les conclusions d’un rapport commandé par le ministère de l’agriculture. Mais des chercheurs contestent ce travail d’expertise qu’ils jugent biaisé.

Neonicotinoids are widely used pesticides, but they kill bees and harm ecosystems. New rules would treat them more like controlled drugs, requiring something akin to a prescription for their use.

It’s pretty much impossible to live a life free of environmental harm. The cleanest energy relies on mining. Critical medical supplies produce plastic waste. Even organic foods are typically grown with pesticides. But there is one thing you could do immediate…

La Compagnie fruitière, plus grosse exportatrice de bananes africaines en Europe, utilise en Côte d’Ivoire deux des cinq pesticides dont les résidus viennent d’être interdits dans les aliments entrant en France. La firme pratique l’épandage aérien à haute fré…