House #sparrows, once one of the most common #bird species, are becoming increasingly rare in #Europe. Several studies have already shown a direct link between the decline in species and industrialised #agriculture ( #herbicides, #insecticides, #glyphosat).
A new #study shows chronic exposure to #tebuconazole, a widely used #fungicide impairing offspring growth and survival in farmland birds

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935125005729?via%3Dihub

via @cnrs https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongicides-les-plus-utilises-en-agriculture-nuit-la-reproduction-des-oiseaux

Convicted felon Donald Trump’s environmental “regulators” are pushing a proposal to block states from warnings about herbicides and other agricultural poisons in food, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. Among the substances that could now go undisclosed is a widely used chemical that  studies have linked to cancer and that Trump’s own health secretary has called a “poison.”

https://www.levernews.com/the-plan-to-make-america-hazardous-again/

Intentional Crop Poisoning:

A 2024 study found that insecticide use was a major factor in driving butterfly declines of up to 80% in some species.

Those same poisons are killing you.

https://theconversation.com/butterflies-declined-by-22-in-just-2-decades-across-the-us-there-are-ways-you-can-help-save-them-25146

#Phosphine gas, commonly used in #insecticides, can harm the lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys. A pharmaceutical scientist explains how symptoms can appear within hours, while some effects may take days to surface. https://buff.ly/4aP7vmF

#Phosphine gas, commonly used in #insecticides, can harm the lungs, heart, liver, and kidneys. A pharmaceutical scientist explains how symptoms can appear within hours, while some effects may take days to surface. https://theconversation.com/meet-phosphine-a-gas-commonly-used-for-industrial-fumigation-that-can-damage-your-lungs-heart-and-liver-245821 #occupationalhealth