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Don’t be too depressed about California strawberries – here’s why
We don’t want to traffic in depression or ruination. So, with that in mind, here are four reasons to feel some hope about a favorite fruit.
Pesticides
How the U.S. and other countries fail to adequately regulate pesticides
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Even organic strawberries are grown with dangerous pesticides
When they are starting out, organic strawberry plants are grown with the help of fumigants.
Environment
California’s pesticide chiefs: Where are they now?
When the state’s top pesticide regulators step down, their influence over important public health and environmental issues continues. From overseeing water issues to representing a chemical giant, here’s what several ex-chiefs are doing now.
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5 striking things we’ve learned about pesticides in California
California keeps detailed data on every commercial pesticide applied across the state. Here are a few of the interesting nuggets we pulled out of our analysis of that information.
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7 things to know before you eat your next strawberry
California strawberries are grown using some of the riskiest pesticides in agriculture. While the chemicals don’t end up on the fruit you eat, they are potentially dangerous for farmworkers, nearby residents and the environment.
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A Brief History of the Modern Strawberry
This short stop-motion animation explains how clever advertising tactics and certain pesticides helped make the strawberry cheaply and widely available in the U.S.
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California’s strawberry industry is hooked on dangerous pesticides
California’s strawberry growers rely on heavy amounts of dangerous pesticides to deliver fruit year-round at an affordable price. But the health and environmental problems that come with those chemicals have threatened the foundation of a $2.6 billion industry.
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How we analyzed California’s pesticide data
To map pesticide use in California, we analyzed data from the state Department of Pesticide Regulation, encompassing about 1.5 billion pounds of pesticides applied from 2003 to 2012.
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Can pesticides ever really be ‘organic’?
As consumers and regulators do soul-searching over how much pesticides mean to the economy and their grocery bills, chemical companies are racing to develop the next big organic pesticide. That’s not an oxymoron. There are a lot of misconceptions about what you’re getting when you’re buying organic foods.
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5 pesticides used in US are banned in other countries
U.S. growers rely on several pesticides that have been prohibited by other countries after being linked to health risks and the disappearance of bee colonies.
