PESTICIDES found on fruit and vegetables could be damaging male fertility, research suggests. Thirty of 37 crop chemicals tested interfered with the action of testosterone, the sex hormone critical to a healthy male reproductive system.
Pesticides found on fruit and vegetables could be doing untold damage to male fertility, research suggests. Thirty of 37 crop chemicals tested interfered with the action of testosterone, the sex hormone critical to a healthy male reproductive system.
BEES are facing extinction because of 'killer' pesticides used on farms, experts have claimed. The British Beekeepers' Association Midland headquarters is abuzz with anger about findings which show the insect could disappear from the UK by 2020. The BBKA annual conference, held at their base in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, was a hive of activity yesterday as members complained that the charity had endorsed pesticides that were causing bees to die.
PESTICIDES found on fruit and vegetables could be doing untold damage to male fertility, research suggests. Thirty of 37 crop chemicals tested interfered with the action of testosterone, the sex hormone critical to a healthy male reproductive system.
ONLY minor changes will be necessary to bring the UK up to speed with new European pesticides legislation. Defra said very little tweaking would be required because domestic pesticides safety standards were already so stringent and among the highest in Europe.
Farmers have reacted with outrage to an RSPB proposal for a tax on pesticides and fertiliser to pay for environmental protection programmes in the face of Government spending cuts. The wildlife charity has put forward the suggestion among a number of measures to help protect spending in an area which is expected to see significant reductions in next week's Government Spending Review. It believes such a tax could help "reduce negative behaviour" and "unlock private finance" for environmental protection. The report, called Financing Nature in an Age of Austerity, has also suggested conservation credits systems and a greater role for business and communities in protecting Britain's biodiversity.
Farmers have been reminded that the clock is ticking on the pesticide disposal scheme set up by Project SOE (Security in the Operational Environment), which is due to end on March 14. The website, www.projectsoe.org, has had several thousand registrations and those who have not are being urged to register as soon as possible. The subsidised scheme makes it possible to dispose of any unwanted, out of date, or revoked biocides and pesticides for a fixed cost of pound(s)20 and is open to farmers, growers, gamekeepers and pest controllers.
Without pesticides to keep weeds, pests and diseases in check, crop yields would fall to half their current levels and food prices would rise by 40 per cent, an increase to UK consumers of some Pounds 70 billion per year in food costs. Those are some of the findings of a new economic impact report by leading economist Sean Rickard.
SCIENTISTS have called for a government crackdown on pesticides that they warn are putting pregnant women at greater risk of having children with cancer. The researchers say studies have shown that pesticide exposure either before conception or during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood cancer.
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