/tags/pesticides Pesticides en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-26/this-beetle-is-a-voracious-unwelcome-invader-and-its-range-is-growing Japanese beetles are a nasty pest that have plagued the Front Range in recent decades. And they have recently shown up on the Western Slope – a worrisome development for the region’s agriculture. We hear about the latest efforts to beat the beetle – and what you can do in your own garden – on today’s episode of In The NoCo. Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:40:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-07-26/this-beetle-is-a-voracious-unwelcome-invader-and-its-range-is-growing In The NoCo, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner /regional-news/2023-02-13/western-bumblebee-populations-suffering-alarming-declines-study-shows Across the Western bumblebee's range, populations declined 57% from 1998 to 2020, according to a study published last month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mon, 13 Feb 2023 21:21:15 GMT /regional-news/2023-02-13/western-bumblebee-populations-suffering-alarming-declines-study-shows Emma VandenEinde /regional-news/2022-06-08/federal-organization-sued-over-rangeland-pesticide-use APHIS monitors grasshoppers in 17 western states, and when the agency deems there’s an outbreak - or is asked to intervene by stakeholders like the US Forest Service or adjacent land owners - it can apply a pesticide to kill the insects. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 14:59:42 GMT /regional-news/2022-06-08/federal-organization-sued-over-rangeland-pesticide-use Troy Oppie /npr-news/2020-02-06/pesticide-police-overwhelmed-by-dicamba-complaints-ask-epa-for-help Across the Midwest, millions of acres of farmland have been damaged by dicamba, an herbicide that can harm crops not engineered to withstand it. There are so many cases, regulators can't keep up. Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:19:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-02-06/pesticide-police-overwhelmed-by-dicamba-complaints-ask-epa-for-help Dan Charles /npr-news/2019-11-02/controversial-pesticides-are-suspected-of-starving-fish New evidence from Japan's Lake Shinji suggests that the widely used family of pesticides called neonicotinoids, already controversial for harming pollinators, could pose risks to fish as well. Sat, 02 Nov 2019 11:57:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-11-02/controversial-pesticides-are-suspected-of-starving-fish Dan Charles /npr-news/2019-08-06/new-evidence-shows-popular-pesticides-could-cause-unintended-harm-to-insects Studies are revealing new, unintended threats that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to insects. The chemicals, widely used by farmers, are difficult to control because they persist in the environment. Tue, 06 Aug 2019 18:00:05 GMT /npr-news/2019-08-06/new-evidence-shows-popular-pesticides-could-cause-unintended-harm-to-insects Dan Charles /2019-05-13/across-midwest-farm-fields-pesticide-exposure-is-tracked-unevenly-or-not-at-all On July 28, 2017, a central Iowa emergency dispatcher received a 911 call from a man in a corn field. “I had workers that were detasseling,” said the... Mon, 13 May 2019 09:00:00 GMT /2019-05-13/across-midwest-farm-fields-pesticide-exposure-is-tracked-unevenly-or-not-at-all Amy Mayer /business/2018-12-03/state-taking-precautionary-approach-to-pesticides-found-in-marijuana The discovery of potentially dangerous pesticide residue on marijuana has led to two product recalls in Colorado. The alerts have raised questions about… Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:58:19 GMT /business/2018-12-03/state-taking-precautionary-approach-to-pesticides-found-in-marijuana Matt Bloom