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Over 65 Organizations Call on Home Depot and Lowe’s to End Sales of Cancer-linked Roundup
Home and garden stores can make a significant difference in reducing the use of this toxic product.
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Toxic Acres
Since neonicotinoid insecticides were rst intro- duced in the 1990s, U.S. agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life, according to a new study in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One.
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Organic for All: Results of the Organic Diet Biomonitoring Study
In this peer-reviewed study, we compared pesticide levels in the bodies of four American families for six days on a non-organic diet and six days on a completely organic diet. We found that an organic…
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Toxic Secret: Pesticides Uncovered
Friends of the Earth and our allies across the country conducted this testing to discover if pesticide residues are present in foods commonly eaten by children and families found at the top four food…
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100+ groups call on Kroger to eliminate toxic pesticides on food
Today farmworkers, students, public health, beekeeping, environmental, faith-based and consumer groups held a protest at Kroger’s (NYSE: KR) annual shareholder meeting, calling on the company to sig…
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Walmart and True Value to phase out bee-killing pesticides while Ace Hardware lags behind
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and True Value have decided to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from company garden retail supply chains.
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Gardeners Beware: Bee-Toxic Pesticides Found in "Bee-Friendly" Plants Sold at Garden Centers Across the U.S.
New report finds 28 percent decrease in toxic pesticides in “bee-friendly” plants and shows that retailer commitments are shifting the market.
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Home Depot to phase out bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, has announced that it has removed neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from 80 p…
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Lowes commits to decisive action to protect bees and other pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth, Domini Social Investments and Trillium Asset Management praised Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) for making a commitment to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides — a…