Tag Archives: pesticide

SF’s Natural Areas Program Uses Even More Pesticides

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

This article was reprinted from sffforest.net with minor changes and additions. Sutro Forest may be the only pesticide-free wild land in San Francisco – but that could change this year. ————————- The 2012 final data are in, and it’s official: … Continue reading →

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Pesticides in San Francisco’s Natural Areas: Rising Volumes

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

Some months ago, we had written about San Francisco’s Natural Areas Program and its escalating pesticide use. The graph below shows the number of applications of pesticides in the years from 2008-2011. The San Francisco Forest Alliance, an organization dedicated … Continue reading →

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Monsanto, Blackwater, Pesticides, and Spies

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

Someone sent me a link to an interesting article about Blackwater, the well-known defense contracting firm in the Iraq war (now called Xe Services LLC). They’ve diversified into corporate Intelligence. Said The Nation article by Jeremy Scahill: “Over the past … Continue reading →

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