New California State Law To Require Pesticide Transparency for Growers
Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed into law AB-1042, a bill requiring that seeds treated with pesticides must be labeled with their chemical components in order to be sold in the state. Proper labeling of agricultural pesticides means that farmers will have clear information about any substance ...
American Bird Conservancy Pilot Program Pays Farmers to Use Safer Seeds
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is launching its inaugural Untreated Seed Pilot Program (USPP). The program offers funding on a per-acre basis to American growers and producers interested in sourcing and using corn, soybean, and cereal crop seeds not coated with neonicotinoid insecticides, also know...
New Study: Neonicotinoids Found to Drive Butterfly Declines More Than Any Other Environmental Variable
A new study published in PLOS ONE indicates that agricultural insecticides are significantly contributing to the decline of Monarchs and other butterfly species across the American Midwest. Using 17 years of land use, weather, multiple classes of pesticides, and butterfly survey data across 81 count...
1.1 Million Acres in California Protected from Dangerous ‘Neonic' Insecticides
After years of advocacy, the California Fish and Game Commission has finalized a rule in its “Department Lands” regulation package that prohibits the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) from using neonicotinoid pesticides — often called “neonics” — on state wildlife refuges...
Use of Deadly Pesticides Remains Unchecked in U.S., Despite Devastating Impact on Birds, Other Wildlife
“Neonicotinoid insecticides: Failing to come to grips with a predictable environmental disaster,” compiles the last decades' worth of neonicotinoids (neonics) research on wildlife and ecosystem impacts. Coauthored by pesticides expert Dr. Pierre Mineau and ABC's Hardy Kern, the report paints a p...
