Just read in Time mag strawberries and spinach get more insecticide spray than any other plant in America. Eat up boys & girls!!
Just read in Time mag strawberries and spinach get more insecticide spray than any other plant in America. Eat up boys & girls!!
Just read in Time mag strawberries and spinach get more insecticide spray than any other plant in America. Eat up boys & girls!!
These pesticides then drift into schools. According to a 2014 California Department of Public Health (DPH) study, Monterey County tops the charts in heavy pesticide use near schools. In a report by the Pesticide Action Network (PANNA), scientists from the network gathered research linking pesticide exposure to cancer, disrupted brain development, birth defects, early puberty obesity, diabetes, obesity, and asthma. “Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago,” the report says. “Our assessment of the latest science leaves little room for doubt: pesticides are one key driver of this sobering trend.”
Bumble bees are now on the endangered species list due to in part man's developing from what was once habitats of the bees. This could be a huge impact on the food supply.
Side note: I read the other day that we lost 44% of the bees last year, as in they either died or vanished...that sounds like a lot.