Herbicide Use And Potato Reproduction Not Adequately Tested, Says Study
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
Herbicide use should increase crop yields, that's the whole point, and herbicides and pesticides do that, given the output in food production that has matched the population increases over the last two centuries. But there may be a problem in how some herbicides impact reproduction and tests may not be accounting for that, says a study in the Journal of Environmental Quality. read more
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