Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
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Paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides around the world. An expert explains what we know about the risk of Parkinson’s disease.
Rhizobia-based fertiliser technology is cost-effective, non-toxic and sustainable.
While regenerative agriculture might seem like a pioneering new approach, this term isn’t new. Here’s how it differs from organic.
New research highlights the flaws of pesticide regulation.
Studies have struggled to capture how pesticides affect bees outside of a lab.
Thousands of people are suing Monsanto, claiming that its Roundup herbicide gave them cancer. A California judge has reduced the first damage award but let the verdict against Monsanto stand.
A jury concluded on Aug. 10 that exposure to the herbicide Roundup caused Dewayne Johnson’s cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages. Thousands more claims are pending.
Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto contend that its popular Roundup weed killer gave users cancer. But proving this kind of connection is challenging in both science and law.
Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
The human body is a comprehensive, self-mending, self-detoxing apparatus that will perform its tasks regardless of whether you’re undertaking a rigid detox cure, or a gourmet food and wine marathon.
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Research & Teaching Academic, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Research fellow, Lund University
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Researcher in Ecology, Lund University
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Researcher in Biology, Lund University
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Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment), University of Sussex
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William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Amherst College
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Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar, Interdisciplinary PhD Candidate in Soil Carbon, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Soil Science, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology
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Special Professor of Phytopathology, Wageningen University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University