Cynical Thoughts French NGO Générations Future has copied a page from American NGO Environmental Working Group (EWG) and erroneously declared pesticide residues harmful to human health even when below official actionable levels. To support the claim, the group simply used the official data collected by France’s General Directorate for Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF). Like U.S. agencies, the DGCCRF looks for violations of maximum residue levels, which are very low in both countries. Like the EWG, Générations Future declares that pesticides are harmful; thus, ipso facto, farmers need to find another way to grow crops. The two organizations do not test organically-produced crops even though they w...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.