A Voice for Choice Advocacy
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A Voice for Choice Advocacy advocates for people’s rights to be fully informed about the composition, quality, and short- and long-term health effects of all products that go into people’s bodies, such as food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
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Four herbicides and two insecticides were linked to increased risk of renal cell carcinoma in people licensed to apply pesticides, according to authors of a study published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

The study is the largest and most comprehensive investigation of pesticide use and kidney cancer, said scientists at NIEHS and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

#Pesticides #FarmWorkers #BigChemical #Health #Cancer #GetToxicsOUT #ToxicsOutTuesday

https://www.factor.niehs.nih.gov/2020/7/papers/kidney-cancer
“Agrochemical exposure is a major contributor to ecological declines worldwide, including the loss of crucial pollinator species. In addition to direct toxicity, field-relevant doses of pesticides can increase species’ vulnerabilities to other stressors, including parasites.

Both wild and managed bees are threatened by interacting combinations of stressors, including forage loss, parasite pressures, and exposure to agrochemicals, including pesticides.”

#Pesticides #Bees #Pollinators #BigChemical #IndustrialAgriculture #GetToxicsOut

https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2024/07/neonicotinoid-insecticides-contribute-to-honey-bee-vulnerability-to-parasitic-varroa-mites/