Podcasts about beyond pesticides

We're back to continue our conversation with Jay Feldmen who is Executive Director with Beyond Pesticides. Go back to the previous episode to learn the background of Beyond Pesticides and what they are doing. And now here is the rest of our conversation. Beyond Pesticides are science and research based. They seek to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, they reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. They believe that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly and that decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. With Jay, we discuss what pesticides are, common places they are found, effects they give to humans, research they've done and are continually doing, alternatives, and how it is all interconnected. Jay has a wealth of knowledge, so to contact and connect with him will be in the show notes below. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the episode. 

Jay Feldman is the Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides.  Beyond Pesticides are science and research based. They seek to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, they reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. They believe that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly and that decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. With Jay, we discuss what pesticides are, common places they are found, effects they give to humans, research they've done and are continually doing, alternatives, and how it is all interconnected. Jay has a wealth of knowledge, so to contact and connect with him will be in the show notes below. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the episode.  This episode will be broken into two episodes since it's longer, so be on the lookout for it in two weeks.

We're back with the second part of Dr. Claudia Miller's talk on Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT). Go back to part 1 to listen to more of an explanation, but TILT seeks to explain the mystifying range of symptoms suffered by people with chemical intolerances. To listen to the full talk with presentation slides, I have linked the youtube video by Beyond Pesticides below as well as anything that is mentioned in this talk.  Contact and connect with Dr. Claudia Miller: millercs@uthscsa.edu  Watch the full presentation from Beyond Pesticides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8sjxyOZ-Ew  TILT Website: https://tiltresearch.org/ Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes, 2nd edition 1998: https://tiltresearch.org/provider-resources/publications/ Microbiome video: https://tiltresearch.org/2022/06/20/toxicant-induced-loss-of-tolerance-for-chemicals-foods-and-drugs-a-global-phenomenon/ Full Papers attached: Mast cells article: https://tiltresearch.org/2021/12/02/overlooked-for-decades-mast-cells-may-explain-chemical-intolerance/ TILT Connection article: https://tiltresearch.org/2021/06/28/new-study-provides-a-link-between-common-chemicals-and-unexplained-chronic-illnesses/

I'm airing Dr. Claudia Miller's presentation on her theory of TILT. Dr. Miller is a Professor, Allergy/Immunology and Environmental Health at the University of Texas. For decades Dr. Miller has championed a new theory of disease to join the germ theory and the immune theory: Toxicant-Induced Loss of Tolerance (TILT). TILT explains the mystifying range of symptoms suffered by people with chemical intolerances. It is a two-step process. First, initiation involves acute or chronic exposure to environmental agents such as pesticides, solvents, or indoor air contaminants, followed by triggering of multi-system symptoms by exposure to small quantities of previously tolerated substances such as traffic exhaust, cleaning products, fragrances, foods, drugs, or food-drug combinations. Dr. Miller gave me permission to air her presentation where she further explains it along with her research and findings. To listen to the full talk with presentation slides, I have linked the youtube video by Beyond Pesticides below. Contact and connect with Dr. Claudia Miller: millercs@uthscsa.edu  Watch the full presentation from Beyond Pesticides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8sjxyOZ-Ew  TILT Website: https://tiltresearch.org/ Chemical Exposures: Low Levels and High Stakes, 2nd edition 1998: https://tiltresearch.org/provider-resources/publications/ Microbiome video: https://tiltresearch.org/2022/06/20/toxicant-induced-loss-of-tolerance-for-chemicals-foods-and-drugs-a-global-phenomenon/ Full Papers attached: Mast cells article: https://tiltresearch.org/2021/12/02/overlooked-for-decades-mast-cells-may-explain-chemical-intolerance/ TILT Connection article: https://tiltresearch.org/2021/06/28/new-study-provides-a-link-between-common-chemicals-and-unexplained-chronic-illnesses/

One of the most critical ways we can positively impact our health and our planet's is to be aware of everything we put into our bodies. This is a topic dear to Melinda Hemmelgarn's heart. A dietician and self-proclaimed food sleuth, Melinda advocates for greater awareness and education around how and what we eat. In this episode she discusses her mission to change the world of nutrition through education, advocating for policy change, and making better food choices. You'll hear all about Melinda's background, education, and career in nutrition before we delve into her passion for food education, better farming practices, and connecting food, health, and agriculture. This informative discussion brings to light the dangers of commercial farming practices, how the media perpetuates these problematic food habits, how pesticides affect our health, the importance of buying organic food, and so much more. Melinda leaves us with a plea to educate ourselves and become food sleuths so that we can change our electoral system and ultimately lead better lives as a community.Key Points From This Episode:A brief introduction to today's guest, Melinda Hemmelgarn.How Melinda developed her passion for food sleuthing. Melinda's history and experience as a registered dietician. The importance of food education and policy to serve the health and nutrition of all people.How we can combat the feeling of overwhelm using the resource Friends of the Earth. How the Beyond Pesticides board gets policy recommendations through to those in power. The importance of focusing on the community at large rather than just ourselves. What she thinks the biggest disconnect between food, health, and agriculture is for people. The importance of buying organic foods and when conventional foods are safe to buy. The impact of drift and how it affects people who don't buy organically. Melinda tells us a little bit about health issues that are directly related to pesticides. The importance of changing our electoral system in order to get pesticides banned.The problems within school lunch programs and why kids need to be good food sleuths. Melinda explains what media literacy is and why it's so important. Some questions we should ask ourselves when it comes to media messaging in food. The importance of considering unintended consequences from consumer choices. How Melinda believes we can make nutrient-rich, organic food available to everyone.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Melinda Hemmelgarn on LinkedInFood Sleuth RadioFood SleuthFood Sleuth Email AddressFriends of the EarthSpinning FoodOMRIBeyond PesticidesPrimaFoodiePrimaFoodie on InstagramPrimaFoodie on FacebookPrimaFoodie on PinterestPrimaFoodie on YouTubePrimaFoodie Email

Synthetic herbicides often contain carcinogenic glyphosate and are used largely to eradicate weeds for aesthetic purposes on college campuses and school grounds. Institutions such as these are notorious for utilizing chemicals that have been linked to a host of diseases including: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Parkinson's, asthma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, cancer and leukemia. These deleterious health impacts can be avoided or prevented by implementing and exploring organic options and regenerative land care that promotes the health of groundskeepers, students, faculty, and the community at large. Prioritizing aesthetics over health promotion by using synthetic herbicides comes at the expense of student and community health. Regenerative design can create landscapes that support ecosystem health, biodiversity and a balanced climate vs. aesthetics and ornamentalism, which necessitates the use of toxic inputs for maintenance. The organization Re:wild Your Campus [https://www.rewild.org/rewild-your-campus] empowers students to convert campuses and schools to organic land care across the continent and they are succeeding. The entire University of California system has banned the use of glyphosate, and herbicides have been banned by all public schools in Hawai'i. Join Rose Williamson and Sheina Crystal of Re:wild Your Campus as they share their aims to continue until toxic herbicides have been eliminated at every school on this continent. Rose Williamson graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in International Relations and Economics in 2021. While in school, she led an Herbicide-Free campaign at LMU, working with the grounds crew to develop an organic space on campus and passing student resolutions for organic land management. At Re:wild Your Campus, she serves as the Development Specialist and Curriculum Manager in order to further the campaign through new initiatives and strategies. Sheina Crystal graduated from UC Santa Barbara with degrees in Environmental Studies and Sociology and while there, she worked with groundskeepers and restoration management as she advocated for the reduction of herbicide use on campus. She also worked with the non profits Food and Water Action and Beyond Pesticides to fight against environmental toxins. As Director of Communications and Campaigns at Re:wild Your Campus, Sheina supports campus fellows as they advocate to make their university grounds safer and healthier spaces for all living beings. Carry Kim, Co-Host of EcoJustice Radio. An advocate for ecosystem restoration, indigenous lifeways, and a new humanity born of connection and compassion, she is a long-time volunteer for SoCal350, member of Ecosystem Restoration Camps, and a co-founder of the Soil Sponge Collective, a grassroots community organization dedicated to big and small scale regeneration of Mother Earth. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/posts/re-wild-your-73137251 Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Hosted by Carry Kim Intro by Jessica Aldridge Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Episode 151

Our times are demanding that we reconnect to Nature and the place where we live. Given the impacts of the sixth great extinction, it is our personal and collective responsibility to support the return of biodiversity and native habitat. The World Wildlife Fund recently announced that we are losing 10,000 species a year to extinction, primarily due to habitat loss. Despite this, the U.S. has turned over 40 million acres of native-habitat into high-maintenance, lifeless and toxic lawns. According to Beyond Pesticides, suburban lawns and gardens receive more pesticides per acre than in agriculture, to the tune of 90 million pounds per year. Regrettably many people are now turning to fake grass or synthetic lawns for instant green gratification; however, these can be costly over their lifespan, potentially include harmful ingredients such as microplastics or recycled tires, and inhibit biodiversity. Our guest this week, David Newsom, Founder of The Wild Yards Project [https://www.wildyardsproject.com], asserts that all lawns can be reclaimed, regenerated and repurposed into habitat where the tens of thousands of displaced, native and threatened species could once again thrive. Combining award winning filmmakers, esteemed botanists, biologists and native plant landscapers, the Wild Yards Project is here to remind us that: One yard can save a species, but many yards can transform the world. Hear David Newsom share about the rewards and challenges of re-creating urban and suburban cultivated spaces into abundant, biodiverse, resilient and equitable spaces with native plants, native stewardship and compassion. Wild Yards Project is inspiring globally, transforming built-spaces locally, and providing resources for people worldwide to begin where they are in restoring and healing the lands where they live. With over 25 years in film and television, David combines storytelling, community outreach and on-site consultation/installation to inspire globally, transform built-spaces locally, and provide the resources for people everywhere to begin restoring and healing the land where they live and work. Published Content Sunset Magazine: https://www.sunset.com/home-garden/landscaping/native-plant-lawn-guide Cultivating Place: https://www.cultivatingplace.com/post/2019/08/08/where-the-wild-things-are-wild-yards-project-david-newsom Mr Feelgood: https://mrfeelgood.com/articles/where-the-wild-things-are David Newsom- Seminar for Portland Horticultural Society: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/iGpozmQ47PvKbvK3HKVLjiSPY2RWp-IrhnQWe6CTNEOHpRJX7p5W-dpXWocNS1xBZmYHXBzZfK7w6IcI.yz82G26RfwzNAOjA?startTime=1649351696000 For an extended version of this interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Hosted by Carry Kim Intro by Jessica Aldridge Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Episode 144 Photo credit: Wild Yards Project

This week, Kim and Jeff talk with Jay Feldman, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Beyond Pesticides. Beyond Pesticides is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., which works with allies in protecting public health and the environment to lead the transition to a world free of toxic pesticides.   Beyond Pesticides provides visitors to their website a wealth of information to help folks understand, truly understand, the chemicals they apply around their house and garden in order to eradicate pests. Perhaps the best is Beyond Pesticide's ManageSafe™ Tool. Using ManageSafe, a homeowner can select the pest they are have, then read about that pest, whether it is a real concern, preventative measures, non-chemical/mechanical controls, biological controls, an ascending order list of the least-toxic chemical controls and the chemicals to avoid. This is a valuable resource for beekeepers and those interested in all pollinators. Book mark it and share it with your family, friends and neighbors! This week, Kim reviews three books by Wally Shaw, on Bee Books Old and New with Kim Flottum: Comb Management - https://www.amazon.com/Comb-Management-Wally-Shaw/dp/1912271354/ An Apiary Guide to Swarm Control - https://www.amazon.com/Apiary-Guide-Swarm-Control/dp/1914934369 Harvesting Honey - https://www.amazon.com/Harvesting-Honey-Wally-Shaw/dp/1912271362 We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website. Thank you for listening! Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:  Beyond Pesticides - https://www.beyondpesticides.org ManageSafe(™) - https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/managesafe/overview  Honey Bee Obscura Podcast - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com ______________ This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global Patties is a family business that manufactures protein supplement patties for honey bees. Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custom patties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!  We welcome Betterbee as sponsor of today's episode. Betterbee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com We welcome HiveAlive back as an episode sponsor. HiveAlive is the #1 liquid feed supplement for honeybees worldwide.  It contains a unique blend of seaweed extracts, thyme and lemongrass. HiveAlive has been proven to increase bee strength, produce more honey, improved bee gut health and improved overwinter survival. Ask about HiveAlive and new HiveAlive Fondant & Pollen Patty at your local beekeeping store or visit the website www.usa.hivealivebees.com for more information. Listeners of the podcast can claim a special discount online using the code "BTP" at the checkout! Thanks for Northern Bee Books for their sponsorship of Bee Books: Old & New with Kim Flottum. Northern Bee Books is the publisher of bee books available worldwide from their website or from Amazon and bookstores everywhere. They are also the publishers of The Beekeepers Quarterly and Natural Bee Husbandry. Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a regular podcast featuring interviews with leading bee and insect researchers in the world of pollination, hosted by Dr. Kirsten Traynor. _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; A Fresh New Start by Pete Morse; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

Did you know that just because a pesticide is registered with the EPA doesn't mean it's safe? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Alexis Temkin, Ph.D. toxicologist and lead author of the Environmental Working Group's “Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce,” including the “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen.” Temkin describes the process of pesticide testing and regulation, and how the EWG's guide was developed to help consumers enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables while protecting their family's health, as well as farm worker health and our environment. The Environmental Working Group, as well as Beyond Pesticides: www.beyondpesticides.org provides information on produce safety and the benefits of organic food and farming.Related website:  https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/about.php

#052: Organic food activist and advocate Mark Kastel is the co-founder of the Cornucopia Institute, and more recently,  of the oversight agency OrganicEye. Through his longtime lens of industry watchdog, as well as his early role in Organic Valley farmers' cooperative, Mark lays out his insights about the treacherous path of the organic dairy industry and what actions need to be taken to save real organic family farmers today.Mark Kastel co-founded Cornucopia Institute in 2004 and served as the director of its Organic Integrity Project. He know serves as the Director of OrganicEye, an organic industry watchdog agency formed by Beyond Pesticides. Mark is well-known throughout the organic world for gaining results with hard-hitting public pressure campaigns and class action lawsuits.To watch a video version of this podcast with access to the full transcript and links relevant to our conversation, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/mark-kastel-organic-watchdog-goes-after-big-dairy-episode-fifty-twoThe Real Organic Podcast is hosted by Dave Chapman and Linley Dixon, engineered by Brandon StCyr, and edited and produced by Jenny Prince.To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsThe Real Organic Project is a farmer-led movement working towards certifying 1,000 farms across the United States this year. Our add-on food label distinguishes soil-grown fruits and vegetables from hydroponically-raised produce, and pasture-raised meat, milk, and eggs from products harvested from animals in horrific confinement (CAFOs - confined animal feeding operations).To find a Real Organic farm near you, please visit:https://www.realorganicproject.org/farmsWe believe that the organic standards, with their focus on soil health, biodiversity, and animal welfare were written as they should be, but that the current lack of enforcement of those standards is jeopardizing the ability for small farms who adhere to the law to stay in business. The lack of enforcement is also jeopardizing the overall health of the customers who support the organic movement; customers who are not getting what they pay for at market but still paying a premium price. And the lack of enforcement is jeopardizing the very cycles (water, air, nutrients) that Earth relies upon to provide us all with a place to live, by pushing extractive, chemical agriculture to the forefront.If you like what you hear and are feeling inspired, we would love for you to join our movement by becoming one of our 1,000  Real Fans!https://www.realorganicproject.org/1000-real-fans/To read our weekly newsletter (which might just be the most forwarded newsletter on the internet!) and get firsthand news about what's happening with organic food, farming and policy, please subscribe here:https://www.realorganicproject.org/email/

Autumn Ness, Director of the Hawaiʻi Program of Beyond Pesticides, is a community organizer and policy consultant to state and county legislators on agriculture, pesticide, and housing policy. Autumn was a leader in the historic citizens' initiative for a moratorium on genetically engineered crops in Maui County, which won at the ballot box in 2014, but lost in courts when the chemical industry sued the County of Maui. She is a founder and Board Vice President of the Maui (food) Hub, which was formed at the beginning of COVID shutdowns to support Mauiʻs local organic farmers through the crisis, with a long term goal of using market demand and infrastructure support to drastically increase the amount of local, organic food being produced on Maui. Tune in to learn more about: - Her own story of becoming an activist in Maui; - Monsanto's testing and research facilities in Hawai'i and the citizen-led fight against them; - The hard lesson learned while working with county legislators on agriculture, pesticide, and housing policy; - Monsanto's recent guilty plea to 30 environmental crimes in Hawaiʻi, related to pesticide use violations and putting field workers at risk; - Lee Johnson's trip to Hawai'i in 2019 and his advocating against pesticides; -  The Maui Food Hub, the local farm distribution network that took root during the pandemic. To learn more about Autumn's work go to: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/programs/hawaii and https://mauihub.org. 

Did you know that organic farming in the rural Midwest is becoming increasingly difficult due to chemical and genetic drift from “conventional” farms? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Angela Jackson Pulse, organic farmer, inspector and auditor based in Vermilion, South Dakota. Jackson Pulse describes her on-farm experiences, loss of organic status, crops, adverse health effects from pesticide exposure, and how we can protect public health through pesticide policy reform (FIFRA – The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ). Pulse will be speaking at the Beyond Pesticides annual Forum on June 1st.  For more information on the Forum, see: www.beyondpesticides.org Related website:   https://prairiesunorganicfarm.com/ 

Did you know that herbicides account for the highest usage of pesticides in the home and garden sector with over 90 million pounds applied on lawns and gardens per year? This “cosmetic” use of chemicals presents significant environmental and health dangers, especially for children and pets. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Charles “Chip” Osborne, Jr., Horticulturalist, President of Osborne Organics, LLC, and Founder of the Organic Landscape Association. Osborne will discuss how beautiful, healthy grass and gardens can be grown without the use of harmful chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Osborne is a Board member of Beyond Pesticides. www.beyondpesticides.org Related website:   https://osborneorganics.com/ 

Interview with Kathleen HallalCo-Executive Director of Non Toxic CommunitiesKathleen Hallal is the mother of three teens who were diagnosed with autoimmune issues at a young age. She became aware of environmental factors when searching for ways to improve their health. Over the years, she spoke with doctors, farmers, retired government scientists, university researchers, and others who all told her the same thing, namely, that pesticides used on crops and in the environment have a definite negative effect on children’s health. Fully 54% of US children now have a chronic health condition, and the numbers are climbing. Wanting to do something about this, she co-founded Non Toxic Communities with her partner Diana Carpinone of Dover, New Hampshire, and they both began to work to bring about change in their communities with the help of Beyond Pesticides. Working through her District’s PTA, she led a movement to convince her school district, and then her city, to adopt organic methods and to stop using toxic products for maintenance. Kathleen served on the Mayor’s Advisory Council attending to environmental matters. The City of Irvine now enjoys parks that proudly post signs touting organic maintenance. Kathleen and Diana are working to guide others to successfully introduce organic landscaping practices for their communities, and helping to connect staff with professionals who can teach them the methods that result in municipalities that are both safe and beautiful. Both Kathleen and Diana have been trained and certified by the New England Organic Farming Association. Nontoxiccommunities.com

Did you know that Hawaii imports the majority of its food, leaving its citizens vulnerable to food shortages during disasters? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Autumn Ness, Director of Hawai'i Organic Land Management a Program of Beyond Pesticides based in Maui. Ness discusses her efforts to regulate widespread pesticide spraying, and implement a local food hub (see: https://mauihub.org/ )in the wake of pandemic food system disruption. The food hub supports local organic farmers, strengthens the local economy and feeds people well. Related website: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/programs/hawaii

Welcome to Modern Ways!Hosted and produced by Madison HopkinsWanda Osterman-Harris and I cover the topic of 'going pesticide free' and how that creates a positive ripple effect on your whole community's ecosystem!WHY going pesticide free is important!HOW people are able to do that!NETWORKS or communities for people to join!Links / Networks mentioned:Beyond PesticidesNOFA Standards for Organic Land CareSoil TestingsPeople and Pollinator Action Network Grouphttps://www.meetup.com/People-and-Pollinators-Action-Network/Denver Botanic Gardens OMRI listed productsNon-toxic CommunitiesIntegrated Pest Management ProgramsInternational Climate Action ChallengeTree People

Did you know organic farming methods not only protect our environment, and public health, but that of farm workers and their families as well? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Jay Feldman, Executive Director and co-founder of Beyond Pesticides, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works nationally to reduce toxic chemicals in our environment. Feldman discusses consumer perception about the organic label, the National Organic Standards Board’s role in upholding the integrity of the organic label, GMO crop-related herbicide use, and the upcoming 37th National Pesticide Forum in NYC April 5-6, 2019. Related website: www.beyondpesticides.org

We continue our discussion of the serious pesticides problem that our country is facing in part 2 of our 2-part conversation with Jay Feldman of Beyond Pesticides. "As an environmental and public health issue, pesticides are in our lives every day," says Jay. "Why are we using these materials that are associated with diseases if we don't need them, if there are alternative practices that can be used?"

As an environmental and public health issue, pesticides are in our lives every day," says Jay Feldman of Beyond Pesticides. "Why are we using these materials that are associated with diseases if we don't need them, if there are alternative practices that can be used?" This is part 1 of a 2-part episode on the serious pesticide problem our country is facing today.

Evaggelos Vallianatos worked at the EPA for 25 years, and his new book Poison Spring outlines how the chemical industry’s influence has derailed regulations on pesticides and other toxic chemicals. Also, Jay Feldman of Beyond Pesticides on pesticide use in marijuana production – should you be concerned about pesticide residues when you light one up? And CEH’s own Caroline Cox on our work to protect children and families from disease-causing pesticides.

Guest Jay Feldman, M.S., Executive Director and Cofounder of Beyond Pesticides, and member of the National Organic Standards Board, describes the unintended consequences of pesticides, herbicide-resistant genetically engineered crops, and ways to protect vulnerable populations, pollinators and the organic food labelBeyond Pesticides

Jay Feldman, the Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides talks about the impact of systemic pesiticides on honeybees.

The sport of golf serves not only as a social outing for many in the legal community, but also is a way to make business connections and to network with clients on the course. But what we don't often think about is some pesticides used on golf courses may be causing potential health and environmental hazards. On this edition of Ringler Radio, host Larry Cohen welcomes Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides, to take a look at the issues, the data and the goal to find a safer alternative for those who love the sport of golf.

This October San Francisco city's publicly owned golf course, Harding Park, will host the world's biggest gold tournament, the World Golf Championship hosted by the Professional Golfers Association. Environmentalists believe that the sport is very destructive to local water supplies because of the vast amount of water and pesticides needed to maintain the courses. Chris Geiger, the man in charg of integrated pest management for the city of San Francisco, will explain what the city is doing while Shawnee Hoover of Beyond Pesticides in Washington DC will talk about the problems as well as how to create alternative organic golf courses. The post Terra Verde – June 24, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.

West Nile Virus. Is massive spraying the only effective response to West Nile Virus? What are the environmental and health side effects of such a strategy? Terre Verde will be in conversation with Shawnee Hoover of Beyond Pesticides and Margaret Reeves of Pesticde Action Network. The post Terra Verde – August 13, 2004 appeared first on KPFA.