France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban

A hopeful update from France! Bird populations are beginning to rebound, a welcome sign attributed to the country's ban on bee-harming pesticides. Nature is showing its resilience! 🐦🌿 #France #WildlifeRecovery #PesticideBan #EnvironmentalNews

France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

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France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
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Macron Signs Off: Controversial Pesticide Ban Officially Enacted in France France officially bans the pesticide acetamiprid, linked to bee deaths, after Macron signs the law. 🌿🐝 #PesticideBan #France #Environment #BreakingNews

France officially bans the pesticide acetamiprid, linked to bee deaths, after Macron signs the law. 🌿🐝 #PesticideBan #France #Environment #BreakingNews

THE USE OF BANNED PESTICIDES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION VITICULTURE AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTOF A FULL PROHIBITION

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Widespread pesticide atrazine ages brain cells, boosts risk of neurodegenerative disease Exposure to the widely used herbicide atrazine can make nerve cells age faster and harm the hypothalamus, increasing the risk of neurodegenerative disease.

Atrazine, a common herbicide, is now linked to neurological harm & neurodegenerative diseases. It’s time for stronger protections. Learn more: usrtk.org/healthwire/a... #NeuroHealth #PublicHealth #PesticideBan

Stained-glass window depicting European institutions separating pesticide-like molecules from farmland.

Stained-glass window depicting European institutions separating harmful pesticide-like molecules from farmland #pesticideban #agroecology #europeanhealth #stainedglassart #euinstitutions #farmlandprotection

Norwalk, Connecticut Passes Ordinance Embracing Organic Land Management - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, July 6, 2022) Norwalk, Connecticut last week passed an ambitious ordinance (see page 121) banning toxic pesticides and implementing pesticide-free management on all public spaces throughout the city. The move, championed by Common Council member Lisa Shanahan with strong support from other city leaders, as well as public health and conservation organizations, follows nearby Stamford, CT’s organic community ordinance passed last September. “It’s high time that we connected people and conscientious lawmakers—linking municipal pesticide bans to the interests of animal advocates, gardeners and conservationists, so that the hazards and risks of using pesticides both informs residents and changes public policies and practices,” said Priscilla Feral, president of the Connecticut-based animal advocacy organization Friends of Animal and founder of Pesticide Free Rowayton, organizations which both worked to gather public support for the ordinance. Prior to the passage of the ordinance, Norwalk land managers were embracing the need to move towards safer approaches to land care, and responded to public requests to move in this direction. Pesticide Free Rowayton secured a pesticide-free lawn care program on six public parks, and city staff began phasing out glyphosate use. “Three years now we stopped using Roundup on our property,” Superintendent of Parks […]

Great news! #Norwalk_CT last week passed an ambitious ordinance banning toxic #pesticides & implementing #pesticide-free management on all public spaces. Move follows nearby #CityofStamford's #organic community ordinance passed last Sept. #pesticideban

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Community Pesticide Use Restrictions Expand; Organic Takes Root Across the Country - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, December 17, 2021) Los Alamos, New Mexico is the latest locality to act on some degree of protection of the community from pesticides. Its County Council passed a proposal on December 15 that will ban use of glyphosate-based herbicides on county properties, among other provisions (outlined below). Cities, towns, and counties (and occasionally, a state) across the U.S. are moving to protect their parks, playing fields, other green spaces, and the communities broadly from the harms of synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use. The approaches vary: sometimes comprehensive, though often piecemeal, i.e., tackling the problem one compound, one category of pesticide, or one or two kinds of properties at a time. Beyond Pesticides endorses comprehensive approaches that embrace the transition to organic land management. Because these can sometimes be more challenging for localities to enact, Beyond Pesticides has announced its program — Parks for a Sustainable Future — that helps localities learn about, secure training in, and benefit from the guidance of experts on, organic management. Synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are used widely in agriculture, but also, in a large variety of public spaces — on and in playgrounds, parks, and playing/recreational fields and courts; along roads, sidewalks, and […]

#LosAlamos, NM is the latest locality to act on some degree of protection of the community from pesticides. Its County Council passed a proposal on December 15 that will ban use of glyphosate-based herbicides on county properties. #pesticideban #glyphosate

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