Hacker News with Generative AI: Pesticides

Glyphosate exacerbates neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease-like pathology (biomedcentral.com)
Glyphosate use in the United States (US) has increased each year since the introduction of glyphosate-tolerant crops in 1996, yet little is known about its effects on the brain.

Science, Health, Alzheimer's Disease, Pesticides

54 points by gnabgib 44 days ago | 21 comments

Study reveals links between many pesticides and prostate cancer (medicalxpress.com)
Researchers have identified 22 pesticides consistently associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in the United States, with four of the pesticides also linked with prostate cancer mortality. The findings are published in Cancer.

Health, Cancer, Pesticides, Research

4 points by Jimmc414 74 days ago | 0 comments

Vegetable growers in Australia deploy 'good bugs' to reduce pesticide use (abc.net.au)
You would not know it from the outside, but inside the glasshouses of the Adelaide Plains a silent war is being waged daily — a battle of the bugs.

Agriculture, Australia, Pesticides, Environmental Sustainability, Insects

10 points by PaulHoule 78 days ago | 1 comments

New Roundup Is 45 Times More Toxic (commondreams.org)
Facing tens of thousands of lawsuits after it acquired Monsanto, Bayer promised to remove cancer-linked glyphosate from its commercial Roundup weed killers by 2023. But an analysis published by Friends of the Earth on Tuesday reveals that the replacement is even more dangerous.

Environmental Issues, Lawsuits, Pesticides

9 points by geox 87 days ago | 0 comments

Bumblebee queens choose to hibernate in pesticide-contaminated soil (phys.org)
An alarming discovery from University of Guelph researchers raises concerns for bumblebee health, survival and reproduction.

Pesticides, Environmental Science, Bees, Animal Behavior, Research

78 points by andai 90 days ago | 33 comments

The US government-funded 'private social network' attacking pesticide critics (theguardian.com)
Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics

Government, Social Media, Pesticides, Criticism

46 points by hammock 108 days ago | 5 comments

US Government-funded 'private social network' attacking pesticide critics (theguardian.com)
In 2017, two United Nations experts called for a treaty to strictly regulate dangerous pesticides, which they said were a “global human rights concern”, citing scientific research showing pesticides can cause cancers, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and other health problems.

Government, Pesticides, Public Health, Social Media, Environmental Activism

10 points by OutOfHere 113 days ago | 0 comments

EPA Pulls from the Market a Weedkiller Harmful to Fetuses (nytimes.com)

Environment, Health, Regulations, Pesticides

8 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 164 days ago | 0 comments

PFAS widely added to US pesticides despite EPA denial, study finds (theguardian.com)

Environment, Pesticides, Science, Chemicals

5 points by Jimmc414 179 days ago | 0 comments

What's safe to eat? (pesticide risk level) (theguardian.com)

Food Safety, Pesticides, Health, Environment

8 points by fallinditch 182 days ago | 0 comments

"Organic" Hydroponic Operations Allowed to Spray Glyphosate on the Soil (cornucopia.org)