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 Stories About: food and agriculture AND ozone
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Strawberry Yields Forever
U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use |
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10 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use In pushing for continued use of a controversial pesticide, the Bush administration could undermine international efforts to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol, a 1987 treaty ratified by the U.S. and other industrialized nations, calls for phasing out the ozone-depleting pesticide ... |
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| Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, ozone, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Carb(on) Loading
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09 Oct 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Carb(on) Loading Higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could increase production of crops but reduce their nutritional value, according to scientists at Ohio State University. Peter Curtis, a professor of evolution, ecology, and biology, worked with researchers to analyze the effects of climate change on plant reproduction and collated data from 159 studies conducted over the past two decades. The seed production of ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, ozone (all these topics) |
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