Radiation a viable alternative to pesticides?

biodiversity & environment

By Gavin

November 30th, 2009

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Scientists from the IAEA and the UN´s Food and Agriculture Organisation are working on a project to control agricultural pests using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which uses radiation to sterilise pests, as reported by the Nuclear Power Industry News Blog.

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More on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) from around the web

biodiversity & environment

By Gavin

November 18th, 2009

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Another round-up of online press and research covering the debate on Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the name given to an apparent global decline in the pollinating bee population. Comments and link contributions are welcomed – look for the ‘Comments’ link at the base of this post.

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Recent press on pesticides

biodiversity & environment

By Phil

November 6th, 2009

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Some articles on pesticides and related topics from the last two weeks. Feel free to recommend more articles by selecting “Recommend a page or site” above or access a more comprehensive list of articles by using the Delicious cloud in the right-hand column.

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