As increasing research comes out about the dangers of pesticides in our farms and gardens, it is becoming increasingly clear that organic pesticide control is both safer and effective. However, not many people consider the use of pesticides and preservatives that are used to chemically-treat...
One of the most important, yet tiresome, aspects of gardening and lawn management is weed control. Who wants to pick weeds when spraying herbicides is quicker and easier? But most products available in stores contain toxic ingredients that harm people, pets, wildlife, and the environment. Glyphosate,...
Lemon Eucalyptus Oil: Best Natural Insect Repellant No one want to be bitten by mosquitoes or ticks, yet the most common insecticides and repellants can be dangerous too. In fact, it was recently discovered by the Maryland Pesticide Education Network (MPEN), that a common insecticide sprayed...
Mosquitoes are a nuisance, but poisoning from PFAS in mosquito spray lasts forever 10/17/21 Update: A second Md. Mosquito Control Program product, Mavrik Perimeter, listed on Maryland's mosquito control webpage, was found to contain 16,703 ppt of the "forever chemical" PFAS by the State of...
2 noted physicians explain the hazards of some common disinfectants. The EPA has generated a list, List N, of disinfectants that are effective at eliminating COVID-19 from surfaces. This list of 554 disinfectants includes 466 that are toxic to humans and only 88 that are considered...
Cicada's are harmless, amazing insects, with an important place in the web of life By Drew Toher As periodical cicadas begin to emerge throughout the central and eastern United States, many may be tempted to put a halt to their noisy mating calls by reaching for a...
New, Gene-Silencing Pesticides Could Spell Doom for Pollinators Scientists warn gene-silencing RNA-based pesticides could spell doom for pollinators as they quickly begin to enter the general pesticide market. Concerns about gene-altering pesticide use have arisen as of late, as more and more of the risks these RNAi...
Buying Bee-Safe Plants for Your Garden Spring is coming and that means Xerces staff email inboxes will soon be peppered with requests for guidance on buying nursery plants. Many will contain questions like this: "I am excited about creating my first pollinator garden! I’ve heard that...
We all have the right to food grown without toxic pesticides Unless you and your family are eating a completely organic diet, chances are you’ve got plenty of pesticides in your body. Two recent peer-reviewed studies (which I co-authored) provide fresh evidence that we are exposed...
Organic Diet Drastically Reduces Glyphosate Levels A new study shows levels of glyphosate (aka Roundup) in families drop dramatically after one week of eating organic A new study done by Friends of the Earth found that levels of the pesticide glyphosate in participants’ bodies dropped an average of...