The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science War on America The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science. Opponents cite the “probably carcinogenic” characterization of the herbicide by the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). However, that stance is discredited because:
No other major science-based regulatory body has found evidence to support such a conclusion. No other UN organization agrees with the...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
