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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Agriculture

The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?

Heavy fertilizer use for high-yield corn and ethanol production drives potent nitrous oxide emissions and water contamination, substantially increasing agriculture's climate impact.
fromFortune
3 months ago
Agriculture

Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge - 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'

U.S. corn and soybean farmers face collapsing prices, rising input costs, and restricted export markets—especially China—threatening farm incomes and financial stability.
fromFortune
3 months ago
Agriculture

Rural America is suffering an economic crisis as crop prices plunge - 'U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute'

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fromIndependent
1 month ago

Are hand sanitisers a cancer risk? EU experts to give verdict next month

Any ban would have major implications for Irish hospitals
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Brazil to ask countries to quadruple biofuel use, leak suggests

Brazil will push countries to quadruple global biofuel use this decade, promoting ethanol despite evidence of increased emissions, deforestation, and land and water pressures.
fromSFGATE
2 months ago

Berkeley scientists find more evidence for 'drunken monkey' hypothesis

The new findings published Wednesday in Science Advances support the "drunken monkey" hypothesis, the idea that humans got our taste for alcohol from our primate ancestors. Now, the same UC Berkeley biologist who developed that theory has revealed in this new study just how much ethanol - the intoxicating ingredient in our cocktails - chimps might consume.
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