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Air Pollution Makes it Harder for Insect Pollinators to Find Flowers

  • Fungicides mixed with insect growth regulator

  • Pesticides, herbicides and insecticides harm the bee’s gut microbiome and food sources 

  • These pesticides also cause runoff affecting habitat growth 

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Pesticides Ignorance

  • Air pollution blocks the smell and sight needed for pollinators to not only find food but cross pollinate other crops and vegetation

  • 70% of our crops depend on pollinators

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When it Comes to Pesticide Residues, Non-organic Strawberries are Still the Worst Offender

  • Lenient EPA tolerance levels for pesticides on public food

  • Many fruits and vegetables would fail a modern day EPA standard if updated to account for children being more vulnerable and new knowledge on the dangers of pesticides

  • Strawberry consumption has drastically shifted from seasonal to year round because of excessive pesticide usage

  • High carbon footprint (irrigation and pesticides) + leads to nitrogen runoff 

  • 90% of strawberries test for multiple pesticides creating an average of 8 pesticides on each strawberry batch 

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Plants Into Vegetarians

  • Nitrogen runoff actually changes the soil and therefore the nutrients plants and then animals receive 

  • Excess nitrogen is changing carnivorous plants to be vegetarian for they no longer need the nitrogen from insects

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Stop Nitrogen Pollution of Oceans – Green Algal Slime Busters

  • Excess runoff from pesticides and pollution also creates dead zones/algal blooms 

  • Algae - cyanobacteria 

  • These blooms block sunlight in aquatic habitats leaving them without o2 (no sun = no photosynthesis) 

  • Harmful to fish and aquatic life but also toxic to humans if reaches water supply - illnesses to humans and animals who drink or live near water

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