Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather

https://theconversation.com/pesticides-farming-chemicals-make-insects-sick-at-non-deadly-doses-especially-in-hot-weather-241856

> New research highlights the flaws of pesticide regulation.

The various regulatory systems for approving pesticides in operation around the world are crude and flawed. This has long been clear to scientists and it is deeply worrying, as this regulation is supposed to protect people and the environment from harm.

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Bio-based fibres poses a greater threat to environment than conventional plastics

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-bio-based-fibers-pose-greater.html

Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most important species than the conventional plastics they are designed to replace, a new study has shown.

A new study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology tested the effects of conventional polyester fibers & two bio-based fibres on earthworms, a species critical to the health of soils globally.

Can we live on our planet without destroying it? Researcher investigates planetary boundaries

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-planet-destroying-planetary-boundaries.html

With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth's resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, takes stock of the situation.

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I've climbed to the top of two career ladders and now I'm enjoying giving a little back by footing the ladder for others.

My main focus apart from family and our health is coaching climate action and #Permaculture by teaching its ethical and principled approach to life and doing my best to be living it.

By way of #introduction much of my bio can be found at https://wheretofind.me/@StevePLMarquis & on the LinkedIn in particular.

Photo - Aurora from my front door in the far North of Scotland.

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#Introduction 2024

I'm a permaculture teacher who feels enormously driven to act to facilitate empowering individuals and communities in taking the climate actions we need to succeed in regeneratively arresting our human induced climate change and restore sustainable systems to earth (and especially our Scottish bit of the planet).